Publications

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.