Eastern Crossroads

ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn al-Bājī's (d. 714/1314) critique of the Pentateuch and the plurality of Christian Bible recensions

“…As Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala has shown, the revision (Arab Syr_Hex 1b) at times reworked the earlier version (Arab Syr_Hex 1a) rather extensively. 148 Arab Copt does not share the Septuagint rendering either, (cf. the Göttingen edition), 149 which is thus only reflected in Arab Syr_Hex 1a.…”

“The Prophecy on the Coming of the Son of Man” in the Arabic Testament of Adam and its Syriac Vorlage

“…This vacat may have simply been an empty space containing no text, since neither Syr 1 nor Syr 2 offer readings which might correspond to it. 27 The sixth fragment comprises a single unit, in which Ar s provides a faithful translation of two of the three phrases in Syr 3 , except for the addition of ‫مني‬ ‫اق‬ ‫افتر‬ ‫بال‬ ‫معي‬ ("with me, without separating him from me"), as shown in the synoptic Apart from certain modifications required by the rules of Classical Arabic, in the first phrase the translator of Ar s has opted for a word-for-word rendering, with the single addition mentioned above; this literal approach applies even to certain lexical items such as ‫,الهوتي‬ which reproduces the theological term ‫ܕܐܠܗܘܬܝ‬ 28 The final fragment is divided into four units. The last unit ‫الي(‬ ‫و‬ ... ‫الوقار‬ ‫و‬ ‫التمجيد‬ ‫له‬ ‫امين‬ ‫االزمان‬ ‫و‬ ‫الدهور‬ ‫,)اخر‬ is an addition not found in Syr 3 , intended as a colophon to the "Prophecy" section; in the remaining units Ar s closely follows Syr 3 , albeit with modulations and additions at various points, giving rise to a narrative expansion.…”

Validated Spectrophotometric Method to Assay of B₆ and B₃ Vitamins in Pharmaceutical Forms Using Potassium Iodide and Potassium Iodate

“…Vitamin B 3 , also known as (nicotinamide, nicotinic acid, niacin, or PP) is 3-Pyridinecarboxamide (Figure 1,b). VitB 3 is required for cell respiration, for proper circulation and healthy skin, for the functioning of the nervous system and for the normal secretion of bile and stomach fluids Many methods have been developed for the determination of vitB 6 in pharmaceutical formulations include spectrophotometry [2][3][4][5][6], spectrofluorimetry [7], voltammetry [8][9][10][11][12], potentiometry [13,14]. vitB 3 has been determined in pharmaceutical formulations by chemical luminescence [15], spectrophotometry [16].…”