اللغات السامية و دورها في إحياء التراث الإسلامي

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This study is an attempt to introduce examples of writings ,known in Comparative Semitics as (Judeo-Arabic, Samaritan-Arabic) texts which are written in Semitic script as well as of Biblical Texts.

An attempt is made to show the role that these literary works played in the Islamic history and civilization.

One of these works is the Genizah writings that played an important role in providing so fair account of life during the Islamic era in the various aspects of life in general and in the religious field in particular and it highlighted the sound relationships that prevailed at that time in dealing with the others who are embracing different faiths (The Dhimis) under the Islamic tolerance that Cambridge university classified them as Islamic documents, kept them in independent boxes and introduced them to researchers in order to convey the Islamic heritage which was written by the Jews and other Dhimmi people.

In addition to these documents, there are also the Samaritan documents which are classified in many world libraries as documents of Islamic heritage because most of them are bilingual and were written in old Hebrew script and Arabic script.

Those bilingual texts which were written during the Islamic rule were common among Samaritans and were focused on tackling Islamic world issues in the religious, historical and civilizational fields as well as on studies of relevance to these religious sects.

The significance of the present study lies in showing the very important role that the study of Hebrew language and script and other Semitic languages can play in knowing a lot of knowledge and science and in transferring the Arab - Islamic heritage that was written by Jewish writers in order to highlight its importance and make full use of it in the various branches of knowledge such as, Arabic language, comparative Semitic linguistic studies, Theology, and many relevant disciplines.

So, this study is an attempt to shed light upon these document which contributed in transferring the Islamic heritage to other cultures.