The BIBLE in ARABIC الكتاب المقدس اليهودي

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The  Hebrew  BIBLE in ARABIC Rabbi Saadya Gaon’s Commentary On The Torah Project
التوراة - التفسير الأصلي من معالي الحاخام سعديا غاؤون
The Discovery of Raabi Saadya Gaon’s Commentary
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One of the most influential rabbinical personalities of the medieval period was Rabbi Saadia Gaon (882-942 CE), head of the leading Talmudic Academy at Sura in Babylon
Among tens of works written by Rabbi Saadia Gaon is his commentary on the Torah [Pentatuch]. At that time, most of the Jewish people lived in Arab speaking countries, so this commentary, like all of his works, was written in Judeo-Arabic script (and also in Arabic letters), to be studied by all levels of the Jewish people.
The Rabbi Saadia Gaon’
s Torah commentary is the most faithful commentary ever written in the Arabic language
. Over the last 15 centuries, no other Torah commentator in the Arabic language, except for Rabbi Saadia Gaon, has fulfilled (as minimum) two conditions for a faithful work: that he is Jewish, and that he has worked directly from the original Hebrew Torah text. Thus Rabbi Saadia Gaon’s commentary set a standard of fidelity for all subsequent generations. The famous commentator Rashi (1040-1105 CE) in his commentary on Exodus (chapter 24, verse 12) referred to Rabbi Saadia Gaon as “Rabbenu [our teacher] Saadia.”
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Why isn’t Rabbi Saadya Gaon’s Commentary public knowledge?
There are two reasons why Rabbi Saadya Gaon’s commentary hasn’t come to light until now:
There are currently few Jews who speak Arabic.
The commentary was preserved in the original, handwritten form. 1100 years ago, the way to distinguish between holy vs. mundane Arabic writing was by writing the rich, and holy, Arabic translation of the Torah in Hebrew lettering. This form of writing presents an inherent challenge as few researchers are versed in Judeo-Arabic.
Stages in decoding and deciphering the handwriting
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‏There are two stages to the publishing of this work:
The original writing, with the Hebrew letters, needs to be converted into the authentic Arabic wording of Rabi Saadya Gaon’s commentary.
Once the commentary has been returned to its original Arabic it can then be translated into various other languages (including Hebrew).
Rabbi Yom Tov Hacohen established Project Saadya Gaon in order to decode Rabbi Saadya Gaon’s writing and to publish the Arabic commentary. His goal is to make these writings accessible to all people to learn.
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The Completion of Stage One
In December 2015, after three years of exacting work to decode Rabbi Saadya Gaon’s handwriting, stage one of Project Saadya Gaon was successfully completed and the commentary was published in literary Arabic. The work is published in a book entitled “Torah in Arabic”.
The second stage of our unique project awaits us now: Publishing Rabbi Saadya Gaon’s precise Torah commentary in Hebrew.
May it be G-d’s will that we merit the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy of the end of days: “The
earth
shall be
full of knowledge
of G‑d as the
waters cover the sea
.” (Isaiah 40:5)
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In this book, it is possible and easy
,
for the first time in
15
centuries
,
to read and learn the original commentary of Rabbi Saadia Gaon in standard Arabic characters.
ne of the most influential rabbinical personalities of the medieval period was Rabbi Saadia Gaon
(882-942 CE),
head of the leading Talmudic Academy at Sura in Babylon,
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