Author
Title
English
AUTBook of the Examination of the
Commandments
Arabic
AUTكتاب الاستبصار في الفرائض
Arabic
AUTKitāb al-istibṣār fī l-farāʾiḍ
Arabic
AUTכתאב אלאסתבצאר פי אלפראיץ̇
Attestations in Manuscripts
St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia, Arab.-Yevr. 303 (fols. 1r –2v)
St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia, Arab.-Yevr. 302 (fols. 1r –4v)
St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia, Arab.-Yevr. 291 (fols. 1r–24v)
St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia, Arab.-Yevr. 270 (fols. 1r –25v)
St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia, Yevr.-Arab. II 1039.10 (fols. 57r–64v, fols. 66r–v)
St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia, Yevr.-Arab. I 4528 (fols. 1r–51v, fols. 80r–89v, fols. 111r–132v, fols. 134r–160v)
St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia, Yevr.-Arab. I 1811 (fols. 1r–92v, fol. 100r)
St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia, Yevr.-Arab. I 1794 (fols. 1r–114v)
London, British Library, Oriental 2576.3 (fols. 57r–68v)
London, British Library, Oriental 2576.1 (fols. 1r–15v)
Credits
Project:
MAJLIS: The Transformation of Jewish Literature in
Arabic in the Islamicate World
Principal Investigator(s):
Associate Researcher(s):
Jonathan Beise, Jasper Bernhofer, Maurizio Boehm, Lukas Froschmeier, Annabelle Fuchs, Nathan P. Gibson, Lea Gzella, Polina Lakteikina, Polina Lakteikina, Sara Mattutat, Maximilian de Molière, Lea Poralla, Maxim Roozen, Gregor Schwarb, Masoumeh Seydi, Jakob Shub-Oseledchik, Ezra Stadler, Peter Tarras, Nadine Urbiczek
Funded through:
General Editor(s):
Suggested Citation
Book of the Examination of the Commandments (Yosef ha-Roʾeh). In Digital Handbook of Jewish Authors Writing in Arabic, edited by Ronny Vollandt et. al. Accessed 15 September 2026, https://jalit.org/work/23
Change Log
Change log:
rboehm (29 March 2025): meta data
Change log:
rboehm (6 September 2024): entry created
Change log:
rvollandt mmoliere (15 February 2026): Updated titles.
