Me’or ‘ayin (The Eyes' Torch): the Karaite Grammar of Hebrew. Based on the Manuscript dated from 1208. Facsimile edition [Ме’ор ‘айин («Светоч глаза»): Караимская грамматика древнееврейского языка. По рукописи 1208 г. Факсимиле]. Edition of the text, translation from Hebrew, with Research Paper and Notes by M.N.Zishlin. Moscow, Nauka GRVL Publishers 1990. 216 p., ill. (Pamyatniki pismennosti Vostoka. XCVI).
The book Me’or ‘ayin is a brief Karaite grammar of Hebrew. It was composed at the end of the 11th century and differs from all earlier Karaite grammar writings because it was written in Hebrew and not in Arabic. The book was meant for use by the scholars of the Old Testament in Christian countries. Alongside with already well-known grammatical notions, original conceptions of Karaite philologists are presented in this book which differ substantially from the views of Spanish Rabbanite grammarians…
The round table marking 80 years since the celebration of Alisher Navoiy’s 500th anniversary in the besieged Leningrad will be held at the IOM RAS on Friday, 10 December 2021.
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