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Article: Arabic Sources of Isaac Ben Barun's Book of Comparisons between the Hebrew and Arabic Languages.(Book review)
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- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
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- July 1, 2005
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Arabic Sources of Isaac Ben Barun's Book of Comparisons between the Hebrew and Arabic Languages. By DAN BECKER. Hebrew Language and Related Subjects, vol. 12. Tel Aviv: CHAIM ROSENBERG SCHOOL FOR JEWISH STUDIES, TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, 2005. Pp. viii + 227. (Hebrew). $35.
This work, edited by Aron Dotan, is a most welcome addition to the scholarly literature on medieval Hebrew and Arabic grammarians. First of all, it should be noted that the author is no stranger to this field, having published Arabic Sources of Rabbi Jonah Ibn Janah's Grammar (1998; in Hebrew; Rabbi Jonah's full Arabic name is 'Abu al-Walid Marwan Ibn Janah), which clearly revealed the many Arabic ...