Aspects of the Biblical Material World in Medieval JudeoArabic: Flora and Fauna in Abū al-Faraj Hārūn’s Glossary Šarḥ al-ʾAlfāẓ al-Ṣaʿba fī al-Miqra to Isaiah ; Aspectos del mundo material de la Biblia en el judeoárabe medieval: La Flora y la Fauna en el glosario Šarḥ al-ʾAlfāẓ al-Ṣaʿba fī al-Miqra a Isaías de Abū al-Faraŷ Hārūn

This article examines how Abū al-Faraj Hārūn identified, translated, and interpreted the ancient biblical terms in the book of Isaiah in Arabic to learn about the material world of the Bible, as it was then perceived in the medieval Arab world and Persia. The article focuses on the topics of flora and fauna, providing a comparative analysis of Abū al-Faraj Hārūn’s definitions in the Šarḥ al-ʾAlfāẓ with the writings of other Karaite scholars from his circle and those of prior, contemporary, or later rabbinic exegetes. The study of these terms in scholars’ writings reveals that many of them were... Mehr ...