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Page 185
... Arabic- Islamic civilization ; the Jews of Asia , Africa , and Spain soon adopted Arabic , the prevailing language of culture and communication . By way of Arabic - language culture , elements of Greek philosophy and Islāmic mysticism ...
... Arabic- Islamic civilization ; the Jews of Asia , Africa , and Spain soon adopted Arabic , the prevailing language of culture and communication . By way of Arabic - language culture , elements of Greek philosophy and Islāmic mysticism ...
Page 194
... Arabic versions of standard collections were translated into Hebrew and thence into Latin , thus spreading the stories to the Christian world . The Indic fables of Bidpai , for example , were rendered into Hebrew from the 8th- century ...
... Arabic versions of standard collections were translated into Hebrew and thence into Latin , thus spreading the stories to the Christian world . The Indic fables of Bidpai , for example , were rendered into Hebrew from the 8th- century ...
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... Arabic culture that was to come to full flower in Andalusian Spain a century later ( see below Sefardic developments ) . His translation of the Bible into Arabic and his Arabic commentaries on Scripture made the rabbinic understanding ...
... Arabic culture that was to come to full flower in Andalusian Spain a century later ( see below Sefardic developments ) . His translation of the Bible into Arabic and his Arabic commentaries on Scripture made the rabbinic understanding ...
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