The Middle Turkic Biblical Ms. Evr. I Bibl. 143 from the first Firkowicz collection. Part II. The religious affiliation Cover Image

The Middle Turkic Biblical Ms. Evr. I Bibl. 143 from the first Firkowicz collection. Part II. The religious affiliation
The Middle Turkic Biblical Ms. Evr. I Bibl. 143 from the first Firkowicz collection. Part II. The religious affiliation

Author(s): Michał Németh
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Turkic languages
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Middle Turkic; Middle Kipchak; Chagatay; Bible translations

Summary/Abstract: The First Firkowicz Collection of the National Library of Russia in Saint Petersburg contains a Middle Turkic manuscript stored under accession number Evr. I Bibl. 143. It includes a translation of a large portion of the Torah written in the Hebrew script. In the present paper the author offers his own contribution to the question of whether this is a Rabbanite or Karaite work. This paper is a continuation of Németh (2025), in which it was argued that the language of this Biblical source is Middle Kipchak.

  • Issue Year: 142/2025
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 139-150
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English
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