Publications

66 results

Authored Books

2026
Kitāb Šarḥ am baqqūti (The Commentary on am baqqūti), by Abū al-Faraj Ibn al-Kaṯār (13th Century): The Arabic Original, its Publication, and Translation into Hebrew
Watad, Ali, Jerusalem: Megilat Sefer Press, The Institute of Biblical Studies and Ancient History, Authored book, forthcoming (2026) [Hebrew] [400 pages]. A critical edition of an ancient manuscript: deciphering based on nine Judeo-Arabic manuscripts representing the Arabic dialect of the Nablus region; establishment of a clean vocalized Arabic text; a critical apparatus; a facing Hebrew translation; and an analysis of the author's linguistic conception.
2021
Sefer Hameliṣ – Kitāb al-Turjemān – Attributed to Pinḥas Hakohen Ben Yosef Harrabban (fl. 14th cent.)
Watad, Ali, Jerusalem: Academy of the Hebrew Language, Authored book (2021) [Hebrew] [900 pages]. Includes expansions, innovations, and updates based on intensive research after the PhD thesis.
2012
Three Treatises on Hebrew Grammar by r. Judah Ḥayyuj: A New Critical Edition of the Arabic Text with a Modern Hebrew Translation
Watad, Ali & Sivan, Daniel, Beersheba: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press, Authored book (2012) [Hebrew] [436 pages]. A new study and not based on the MA dissertation.
1994
The Linguistic Teachings of r.Y. Hayyuj through His Terms in Their Original Arabic and in Their Hebrew Translation (Including a Lexicon-Concordance)
Watad, Ali, Haifa, Authored book (1994). Haifa [Hebrew] [312 pages].
Rabbi Judah Ḥayyuj, His Linguistic Theory
Watad, Ali (in collaboration with Prof. Daniel Sivan), Book at an advanced stage of preparation (in collaboration with Prof. Daniel Sivan): a description of Ḥayyuj's linguistic theory.

Edited Volumes

2025
Al-Hasad (The Harvest), Vol. 15
Watad, Ali (Editor), Beit Berl College, Edited journal volume (2025).
2024
Al-Hasad (The Harvest), Vol. 14
Watad, Ali (Editor), Beit Berl College, Edited journal volume (2024).
2023
Al-Hasad (The Harvest), Vol. 13
Watad, Ali (Editor), Beit Berl College, Edited journal volume (2023).
2022
Al-Hasad (The Harvest), Vol. 12
Watad, Ali (Editor), Beit Berl College, Edited journal volume (2022).
2021
Al-Hasad (The Harvest), Vol. 11
Watad, Ali (Editor), Beit Berl College, Edited journal volume (2021).
2020
Al-Hasad (The Harvest), Vol. 10
Watad, Ali (Editor), Beit Berl College, Edited journal volume (2020).
2019
Al-Hasad (The Harvest), Vol. 9
Watad, Ali (Editor), Beit Berl College, Edited journal volume (2019).
2016
The Arab Students in the Honors Programs in Colleges of Education in Israel: Issues and Aspirations
Haj-Yehia, Kussai & Watad, Ali (Editors), The Center for Study of Language, Society and Arab Culture, Arab Academic Institute for Education, Beit Berl College, Edited book (2016) [Hebrew] [383 pages].
2012
Cultural Encounters: Lifecycles in Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, Vol. 1
Watad, Ali & Gatti, Y. (Eds.), Beit Berl College, Edited book (2012).

Refereed Articles

2026
Changes in Arab Teacher Training Programs for Teaching Hebrew: The Arab Institute at Beit Berl Academic College – A Case Study
Watad, Ali & Manor, Rama, Dor Ledor, Vol. 59, pp. 115-139 [Hebrew]
2026
On the Hebrew Element in the Spoken Arabic of Arabs in Israel – The Village of Jatt in the Triangle as a Case Study
Watad, Ali, Studies in Language (Mehqarim ba-Lashon), Jerusalem, Vol. 51, pp. 255-268 [Hebrew]
2025
On the Arabic Element Reflected in the Aramaic Translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch
Watad, Ali, Lĕšonénu, Vol. 87, pp. 265-283 [Hebrew]
2024
Glorification and Exclusion: The Attitude of Hebrew Literature Towards Arabs in the Curricula of Jewish Schools in Israel
Dahamshe, Aamer & Watad, Ali, Dor Ledor, Vol. 58, pp. 107-138 [Hebrew]
2024
On zēba šāka: Exod 23:19a
Watad, Ali, Lĕšonénu, Vol. 86, pp. 348-350 [Hebrew]
2024
The Complexity of Teaching Hebrew in Schools of Arab Society in Israel: In the Arab School System
Manor, Rama & Watad, Ali, Language Teaching (Q1), pp. 1-13
2023
Challenges in Teaching Hebrew to Arabic Speakers: Between Research and Application in the Teacher's Educational Work
Watad, Ali, Manor, Rama & Mosa, Hani, Al-Hasad, Vol. 13, pp. 59-84 [Hebrew]
2022
Samaritan Biblical Exegesis in Arabic: Abū l-Faraj Ibn al-Kaṯār's Commentary on Thirteen Verses from the 'Song of Haazinu' as Proof for the Existence of the Hereafter
Watad, Ali, Shnaton: An Annual for Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Institute of Jewish Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Vol. 27, pp. 249-282 [Hebrew]
2021
Another Arabic Translation of Shirat Haazinu – Song of Moses (Deut. 32) by Nafīs al-Dīn Abū l-Faraj Ibn al-Kaṯār (13th century)
Watad, Ali, Hebrew Union College Annual, Vol. 91, pp. 127-156
2021
An Anonymous Samaritan Bilingual Glossary 2 – Hebrew and Arabic
Watad, Ali, Language Studies (Mehqarim ba-Lashon), Vol. 19, pp. 89-128 [Hebrew]
2021
The Absorption Process of the Arab Teacher Compared to the Jewish Teacher in the Education System
Watad, Ali, Rav-Gevanim: Mehkar Vesiah, Gordon Academic College, Haifa, Vol. 20, pp. 287-307 [Hebrew]
2021
Unique Distinctions – Phonological, Morphological, and Syntactical – in Hayyuj's Treatises
Watad, Ali & Sivan, D., Beit Miqra (Journal for the Study of the Bible and Its World), School of Jewish Studies, Tel Aviv University, Vol. 66(1), pp. 144-177 [Hebrew]
2021
On the Nature of Abraham Al-ʿAyya's Similar Words and the Question of Its Authorship
Watad, Ali, Lĕšonénu, Vol. 83, pp. 168-181 [Hebrew]
2020
An Anonymous Samaritan Bilingual Glossary – Hebrew and Arabic: Dating of the Manuscript and the Glossary
Watad, Ali, Ancient Near Eastern Studies (University of Melbourne, Australia), Vol. 57, pp. 59-80
2020
A Linguistic Issue in Kitāb Šarḥ Im Beḥuqotai by Nafīs al-Dīn Abū l-Faraj Ibn al-Kaṯār (13th century)
Watad, Ali, Journal of Semitic Studies, Vol. LXV.2, pp. 531-548
2020
Who Is the Compiler of the Arabic Column in Ha-Melits, the Trilingual Hebrew-Arabic-Aramaic Dictionary?
Watad, Ali, Lĕšonénu, Vol. 82, pp. 284-295 [Hebrew]
2020
The Term ʿiwaḍ ("Compensation") and Its Meaning in Sefer ha-Maslul and in the Works of Rabbinic and Arab Grammarians
Watad, Ali, Intellectual History of the Islamicate World, Vol. 8, pp. 237-254
2020
A Re-examination of the Term 'Ha-naḥ ha-Neʻelam' (as-Sākin al-Layyin) in Avi Isḥāq Ibrāhim bin Mārūṭ's Sefer ha-Maslul
Watad, Ali, Studies in Language (Mehqarim ba-Lashon), Jerusalem, Vol. 26, pp. 300-313 [Hebrew]
2019
A Proposed 'Im be-ḥuqotay' by Shams al-Ḥukamāʾ Nafīs al-Dīn Abū l-Faraj b. al-Kaṯār (13th century): Prior to Publication in a Scientific Edition
Watad, Ali, Sefunot, Vol. 26, pp. 13-36 [Hebrew]
2018
Haseeb Shehadeh's Selected Modern Hebrew Texts with Exercises (Book review)
Watad, Ali, Helkat Lashon, Vol. 51, pp. 184-187 [Hebrew]
2014
The Characteristics of the Hebrew Writing of Arab Teachers in the 'Itstaba'
Watad, Ali, Al-Hasad, Vol. 4, pp. 155-170 [Hebrew]
2013
Teaching Against Their Will: Difficulties and Motives of the Mentor in the Professional Development School (PDS)
Mahajaneh, Saami, Yassin, Adnan, Watad, Ali, & Mohsen, Mohamed, Dapim, Vol. 56, pp. 171-193 [Hebrew]
2011
The Meaning of the Term ʻiwaḍ (Compensation) in Abu Isḥaq b. Marūṭ's Kitab al-tawti'a
Watad, Ali, Al-Hasad, Vol. 1, pp. 83-99 [Hebrew]
2002
"Kitab al-Natf by r.Y. Hayyuj" by N. Basal (Book review)
Watad, Ali and Sivan, Daniel, Hebrew Linguistics, Vols. 50-51, pp. 159-161 [Hebrew]
2000
Who is the Author of Hameliṣ – the Hebrew (Samaritan)–Arabic Lexicon?
Watad, Ali, Teudah, Vol. 16, pp. 477-490 [Hebrew]
1994
Teaching the Pi'el and Hif'il Verb Forms against the Background of Arabic
Watad, Ali, Helkat Lashon, Vol. 14, pp. 30-35 [Hebrew]
On the Arabic Element Reflected in the Aramaic Translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch (Part Two: Book of Exodus)
Watad, Ali, Article in a reviewed journal., Publication at an advanced stage. This article constitutes the second part of the study and will include the Book of Exodus (whereas the first part included the Book of Genesis). It is part of a series of articles forming a single research project encompassing the Aramaic translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch.
Muslim Terms in the Judeo-Arabic of Abū l-Faraj Ibn al-Kaṯār (13th century) 'Sharḥ ʾam baqqūti' (Im Beḥuqqotai)
Watad, Ali, Article in a reviewed journal [Hebrew]., Publication at an advanced stage.
An Examination of the Meaning of the Biblical Phrase 'For thou hast found grace in My sight, and I know thee by name' (Exodus 33:17)
Watad, Ali, Article in a reviewed journal [Hebrew]., Publication at an advanced stage.
Understanding the Term "The Conjugation = Transitivity" in the Linguistic Works of Jonah ibn Janāḥ
Watad, Ali, Ha'Ivrit – A Journal for the Hebrew Language, The Secretariat of the Academy of the Hebrew Language, Jerusalem, [Hebrew]
Hebrew Elements in the Arabic of the Arabs in Israel
Watad, Ali, Hebrew as a Treasure of Human Heritage: Past, Present and Future, Studies in Language, Jerusalem (Academy of the Hebrew Language, B'nai B'rith Organization and UNESCO), Vol. LIII [English]
Hebrew Elements in the Arabic of the Arabs in Israel
Watad, Ali, Hebrew as a Treasure of Human Heritage: Past, Present and Future, Studies in Language, Jerusalem (Academy of the Hebrew Language, B'nai B'rith Organization and UNESCO), Vol. LIII [Hebrew]

Book Chapters

2025
Hayyuj's Theory of Phonetic Substitution (ibdāl) Reconsidered
Watad, Ali, In: Shamir Yona, Haim Dihi, Asnat Damry & Christian Stadel (Eds.), I, Daniel, Understood From the Scrolls (Daniel 9:2), Studies in Honor of Professor Daniel Sivan (pp. 53-96). Megilat Sefer Press, The Institute of Biblical Studies and Ancient History, Chapter in scientific book [Hebrew].
2024
Was the Grammatical Rule 'Every Thing that Has No Life, Make it Masculine and Feminine' Known to and Used by the Samaritan Grammarians?
Watad, Ali, In: M. Frenkel & P.I. Lieberman (Eds.), 'An Inspired Man' – Studies in Judeo-Arabic Culture Dedicated to the Memory of Joshua Blau (pp. 211-221). The Ben-Zvi Institute; Brill, Chapter in scientific book.
2023
The Perception of the Term šaddah in Hayyuj's Linguistic Theory
Watad, Ali & Sivan, Daniel, In: A. Asis, M. Gruber, D. Sivan, L.V. Stuckenbruck, & Y. Yogav (Eds.), Studies in the Bible and the East in Post-Biblical Literature, Ancient Languages, and Ancient Cultures, in Honor of Prof. Shamir Yonah (pp. 29-41). Ostracon, Chapter in scientific book [Hebrew].
2017
A Look at Contact between the Semitic Languages: Hebrew and Arabic
Watad, Ali, In: S. Mahajaneh, G. Anasbeh, & A. Yunes (Eds.), Literary and Historical Studies (pp. 119-141). Beit Berl: Research Center, Arab Language, Education, and Society, Chapter in scientific book [Arabic].
2008
A New Educational Program: Hebrew as a Second Language in Arab Schools in Israel
Watad, Ali, In: N. Nevo & E. Olshtain (Eds.), The Hebrew Language in the Era of Globalization (pp. 171-177). Jerusalem: Hebrew University Magnes Press, Chapter in scientific book [Hebrew].
2005
The Lexicon of Pinḥas Hakohen ben Joseph Harrabban – of the 14th Century
Watad, Ali, In: H. Shehadeh & H. Tawa, with R. Pummer (Eds.), Studies in Memory of Ferdinand Dexinger (pp. 149-157). Helsinki: Société d'Études Samaritaines and Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Chapter in scientific book.
2005
Hameliṣ: A Lexicon Attributed to Pinḥas Hakohen Ben Yosef Harrabban
Watad, Ali, In: M. Bar-Asher & M. Florentin (Eds.), Samaritan, Hebrew and Aramaic Studies. Presented to Professor Abraham Tal (pp. 11-22). Jerusalem: Bialik Institute, Chapter in scientific book [Hebrew].
1997
Al-tafkhim and al-ikhtisar in the Linguistic Theory of David Ben Avraham Alfasi
Watad, Ali, In: Y. Ben-Tulila (Ed.), Festschrift for Hadassah, Studies in the Hebrew Language and the Languages of the Jews (pp. 61-80). Beersheva: Ben Gurion University, Chapter in scientific book [Hebrew].

Research Reports

2023
'The Arabs are the Same Arabs': The Arab Figure in the Hebrew Literature Curriculum for Israeli Elementary Schools
Dahamshe, Aamer & Watad, Ali, The Mofet Institute, Tel Aviv, Research report.
2019
Success Stories in the Optimal Absorption of New Teachers in the Education System
Mero-Jaffe, E., Watad, A., Dahan, A., Zimmerman, V., & Jayusi, W., Research report, Research report [Hebrew].
2018
Evaluation and Recommendations for Improvements regarding Studies in Hebrew as a Second Language for Arab Students and Students at the 'Gate to Academia' Program at Sapir College
Watad, A. & Manor, R., Report commissioned by Sapir College, Research report [Hebrew].
2018
Perceptions and Attitudes among Trainee Teachers at the Arab Institute for Education regarding Practical Training in the PDS Model and Its Contribution to Their Knowledge and Pedagogic Skills
Jayusi, W., Mahajaneh, S., & Watad, A., Arab Academic Institute for Teacher Training, Beit Berl College, Research report [Hebrew].
2012
'Did I Decide to Become a Teacher?...' Evaluation Report on Students Admitted for Teacher Training as Part of the Professional Development School in Arab Society
Mahajaneh, S., Watad, A., & Yassin, A., Arab Academic Institute for Teacher Training, Beit Berl College, Research report [Hebrew].
2011
Between College and School: Evaluation Report on Pedagogic Instructors in the Framework of the Professional Development School Network in the Arab Sector
Mahajaneh, S., Yassin, A., & Watad, A., Arab Academic Institute for Teacher Training, Beit Berl College, Research report [Hebrew].
2010
Unwillingly in the Service of Teaching: The Teacher-Mentor in the Professional Development School in the Arab Academic Institute for Teacher Training – Beit Berl
Mahajaneh, S., Yassin, A., & Watad, A., Arab Academic Institute for Teacher Training, Beit Berl College, Research report [Hebrew].

PhD Dissertation

1999
Hameliṣ – A Lexicon Attributed to Pinḥas Hakohen Ben Yosef Harrabban (14th Century), vols. 1–4
Watad, Ali, Tel Aviv University, Dept. of Hebrew Language, School of Jewish Studies, Ph.D. dissertation, supervised by Prof. A. Tal and the late Prof. S. Raz. Tel Aviv, 1999 [Hebrew].

Textbooks

1992
Practical Hebrew Grammar for 9th–12th Grades in Arab Schools
Watad, Ali, Private publication, authorized by the Ministry of Education, Textbook (1992) [Hebrew].

Non-academic Articles

2017
Education for Coexistence – A Roadmap for a Shared Society: Concluding Document
Tamir, Y. & Watad, A., Givat Haviva, Report [Hebrew].
2010
Training Arab Teachers to Teach Hebrew at the Arab Academic Institute for Education in Beit Berl College – The Current Situation
Watad, A. & Manor, R., Journal of the MOFET Institute, 44: 36-39, Article in a non-academic journal [Hebrew].
2007
The Treatises of Samaritans in Arabic
Watad, A., A.B. – The Samaritan News Weekly, 980-981: 10-19. Holon, Article in a non-academic journal [Hebrew].