Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Miriam L. Hjälm -- 1 Texts and Contexts: The Linguistic Settings of Near Eastern Christian Communities / Miriam L. Hjälm -- 2 Previous Research / Miriam L. Hjälm -- 3 Description of the Early Manuscripts / Miriam L. Hjälm -- 4 The Bible in Translations / Miriam L. Hjälm -- 5 Textual Additions / Miriam L. Hjälm -- 6 Textual Omissions / Miriam L. Hjälm -- 7 Textual Substitutions / Miriam L. Hjälm -- 8 Lexicon / Miriam L. Hjälm -- 9 Syntax / Miriam L. Hjälm -- 10 Samples from Christian Arabic Old Testament Texts / Miriam L. Hjälm -- 11 Concluding Remarks / Miriam L. Hjälm -- Bibliography / Miriam L. Hjälm -- Index of Names and Subjects / Miriam L. Hjälm -- Index of Arabic Manuscripts / Miriam L. Hjälm -- Index of Arabic Bible and Qurʾān References / Miriam L. Hjälm.

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In Christian Arabic Versions of Daniel , Miriam L. Hjälm provides an insight into the Arabic transmission of the biblical Book of Daniel. This book offers an inventory and a classification of extant manuscripts as well as a detailed account of the translation techniques employed in the early manuscripts. The use of the texts is discussed and the various versions are compared with liturgical Bible material. Miriam L. Hjälm shows the importance of Arabic as a tool for understanding the development of the religious heritage of Christian communities under Muslim rule. Arabic became an indispensable part of the everyday life of many Near Eastern Christians and was increasingly used next to the established liturgical languages, which remained the standard measure of the biblical text.

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