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Dunash ben Tamim

From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition  |  Date: 2008

Dunash ben Tamim or Dunash ibn Tamim, c.900-c.960, Hebrew scholar, an astronomer and physician of North Africa. A pioneer in the field of scientific comparative philology, he tried to demonstrate that Arabic was merely a corrupt form of the purer Hebrew.

Author not available, DUNASH BEN TAMIM., The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008

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