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References

* Ibn Barun, Abu Ibrahim. "Kitab al-Muwazzanah" (The Book of Comparisons), ed. P. Kokowzoff (St. Petersburg, 1893) * Wechter, Pinchas. "Ibn Barun's Arabic Works on Hebrew Grammar and Lexicography," (Philadelphia: Dropsie College, 1964). Medieval Hebraists 12th-century Jews from al-Andalus 12th-century writers from al-Andalus 11th-century births 1128 deaths 11th-century Jews from al-Andalus 11th-century writers from al-Andalus {{hebrew-lang-stub