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Or 2496

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Or 2496
Title:
Fragments of Arabic biblical commentaries
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
[ii]+72+[ix]
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Languages:
Arabic
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1200
End Date:
1399
Date Range:
1200-1399
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Jeshua ben Judah, 1000-1099
Jeshua ben Judah, 1000-1099
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Or 2496

Fragments of Arabic biblical commentaries

Contents

Fragments of Arabic commentaries on Numbers, Leviticus and Deuteronomy.

Language(s): Arabic

ff. 1r-72v
Title: Perushim
Title: פרושים

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of approximately 13th to 14th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: [ii]+72+[ix]

Condition

Mounted on guards (modern restoration).

Hand(s)

Three different Oriental square and semi-cursive scripts of approximately 13th to 14th century.

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Title on the spine: 'Numbers etc. with Comm. Hebr. & Arab. British Museum Oriental 1496.'

History

Origin: 13th-14th century

Provenance and Acquisition

I

Contents

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 1r-58v
Title: A commentary on Numbers

Includes Numbers 1:1-3:51, 4:21-5:31 - the pointed and accentuated Hebrew text, an Arabic translation and a short commentary of apparently Abu al-Faraj Furḳan.

The Hebrew text is arrnged into sections: Numbers 1:1-54, 2:1-34, 3:1-51, 4:21-49, 5:1-4, 5-10, 11-31.

An Arabic translation is added to each verse, and each section is followed by the corresponding portion of the commentary.

Has scant masoretic notes.

Quotes several Karaite authorities.

Author: Abu al-Faraj Furḳan, active 11th century, Jeshua ben Judah ישועה בן יהודה
Filiation: The translation is in agreement with Or. 2491 (Margoliouth, Catalogue, no. 93, folio f. 24r ).

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 58 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 163 × 112 mm.
Dimensions (written): 151 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 1-58

Collation

Quires of originally 10 leaves each. Imperfect.

Condition

Gaps after folio 31.

All the leaves are more or less worm-eaten.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 25

Written lines: 25

The Hebrew biblical text is embodied.

Hand(s)

Oriental square and semi-cursive script of approximately 14th century.

II

Contents

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 59r-66v
Title: Commentary on Leviticus

A fragment of an Arabic commentary on Leviticus, comprising chapters 13:30-46, probably the shorter recension of the Commentary on the Pentateuch by Abu al-Faraj Furḳan.

Of the Hebrew text, comprising chapters 13:38-96, only the opening words of each verse are given.

Quotes several Karaite authorities.

Author: Abu al-Faraj Furḳan, active 11th century Jeshua ben Judah ישועה בן יהודה

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 7 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 214 × 130 mm.
Dimensions (written): 160 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 59-66

Collation

Fragments of one quire.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 21

Written lines: 21

The pointed Hebrew biblical text is embodied.

Hand(s)

Oriental square and semi-cursive script of approximately 13th century.

III

Contents

ff. 67r-72v
Title: Commentary on Deuteronomy
Author: Abu al-Faraj Furḳan, active 11th century, Jeshua ben Judah ישועה בן יהודה

A fragment of a commentary on Deuteronomy 31:7-13.

Includes a translation of verses 7-18.

The Hebrew text of verses 8-13 and 14-19 (in part) is embodied, all pointed and accentuated except the last four verses.

Filiation: The translation in this manuscript agrees with Or. 2491, George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), no. 93., folio 41r, 41v.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 6 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 215 × 130 mm.
Dimensions (written): 173 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 67-72

Collation

Fragment of a single quire.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 21

Written lines: 21

Hand(s)

Oriental square and semi-cursive script of 14th century.

Additional Information

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2496 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), no. 317.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL