Influence
Yefet's commentaries were much used by succeeding Karaite exegetes, and were often quoted by Ibn Ezra. Written in Arabic, some of them were rendered into Hebrew either in full or abridged.
Nearly the whole Arabic text on all the Biblical books is extant in manuscript in European libraries (Leyden, Oxford, British Museum, London, Paris, Berlin, etc.). The parts which have been published are: on the Psalms and the Song of Solomon, by Abbé Bargès (Paris, 1861, 1884); on Proverbs, by Z. Auerbach (Bonn, 1866); on Hosea, by Tottermann (Leipsic, 1880) and (2009); on Daniel, by Margoliouth (in "Anecdota Oxoniensa", Semitic Series, i., vol. iii., Oxford, 1889); on Ecclesiastes i.-iii., by E. Günzig (Cracow, 1898); on Ruth, by N. Schorstein (Heidelberg, 1903); on Esther by (Leiden 2008); on Jeremiah: Commentary) by (1969) and, ( London 2013 forthcoming), Judaeo-Arabic translation: (J.A.Sabih)) (London,2009),
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