“What is This Which …” in a Bilingual (Coptic and Arabic) Manuscript of the Pentateuch

Livne-Kafri, Ofer (2012) “What is This Which …” in a Bilingual (Coptic and Arabic) Manuscript of the Pentateuch. Acta Orientalia, 65 (3). pp. 347-352. ISSN 0001-6446

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Abstract

The Arabic version of the Pentateuch in MS Paris BN copte 1 (14th century) was basically translated from the Bohairic Coptic version which is set in parallel columns to it. Previous articles published here earlier (Livne-Kafri 2009b; 2011a) were dedicated to a specific a phenomenon. In this article the relative interrogative clause <inline-graphic xlink:href="62_2012_Article_8_Fig1_HTML.gif"/> is studied in relation to the Coptic parallel goγ πε ϕλι ετλ-. Although similar constructions are quite frequent in Middle-Arabic, the instances quoted here are literal translations from the Coptic. The different approaches represented by J. Blau and A. Shisha-Halevy (whose works are essential to such a study) point to a unique Relative construction.

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