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Show Ancient Dictionary Clarifies Bible; Book of Tenth Century Published in U. b. Controversies that have arisen over incongruous translations m the FnBlish Revised Version of the Bi-Krobably Bi-Krobably may be solved through the use of the oldest comprehen-Sve comprehen-Sve dictionary of the Bible which has bc published by the Yale Uni-versUy Uni-versUy Press, writes a New Haven, ST United Press correspondent X dictionary, written in the Tenth century and since then extant ex-tant only in manuscript form, has DTe edited by Dr. Solomon L. Skoss. professor of Arabic in Drop- t roUege Philadelphia. S dictionary was written In The Karaites, accepting the Old Testament as the sole authority, devoted de-voted their entire attention to a thorough study of the Scriptures, its exegesis and philology. Al Fasi's dictionary enjoyed sucb popularity and authority among the generations of scholars that followed fol-lowed him that it was given only the simple name "The Book." A study of the Hebrew-Arabic dictionary dic-tionary has been made by students of the Old Testament and verses which have required elaborate interpretations in-terpretations to explain their incongruity incon-gruity have been shown to be incorrectly in-correctly translated. Arabic but in Hebrew character, a u based on manuscripts which height centuries lay forgotten in f 1 mpnt of a Jerusalem syna-bWUhi syna-bWUhi several disputed passes pas-ses of the Bible have been clan- fieTdt'was written by David ben Ao-1 Ao-1 1 Fasi one of the Karaites, 'Ci which originated in a Jewisn Eighth century M"8dl?ttd I fdiUonal teachings of the Talmud and X Rabbinic literature. |