Includes bibliographical references ( pages [281]-317) and index.

Preliminary Material -- 1 Previous Scholarship: Concerns and Limitations -- 2 “A Clear Language that Ordinary People Understand”: The Linguistic Background -- 3 The Rise of Arabic Translations -- 4 Muslims and Their Use of the Arabic Pentateuch -- 5 The Arabic Pentateuch in Early Printed Books -- 6 Summary -- 7 Introduction -- 8 Translation Technique -- 9 Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Sources -- Index of Manuscripts.

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This work offers a seminal research into Arabic translations of the Pentateuch. It is no exaggeration to speak of this field as a terra incognita. Biblical versions in Arabic were produced over many centuries, on the basis of a wide range of source languages (Hebrew, Syriac, Greek, or Coptic), and in varying contexts. The textual evidence for this study is exclusively based on a corpus of about 150 manuscripts, containing the Pentateuch in Arabic or parts thereof.