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Or 9959
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- Homiletical commentary on the Pentateuch
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- Start Date:
- 1891
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- 1891
- Date Range:
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Or 9959
Homiletical commentary on the Pentateuch
Contents
Homiletical commentary on the Pentateuch.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-681rTitle: באורים על התורה וההפטרות על דרך המדרשTitle: Beʼurim ʽal ha-Torah ṿeha-haftarot ʽal derekh ha-midrashIncipit: "בשם אשר אין לו ראשית אתחיל לכתוב ספר בראשית ברא אלהיםA copy made from an older MS by Moses Gaster. According to the colophon this older MS was owned by (?) Shapira. In Gaster’s handwritten catalogue it is written that the manuscript was copied from MS Livorno.
Includes Rabbinic Midrashim and sayings, as well as tales, fables etc.
With numerous quotations from Maimonides and the Zohar.
Fols. 126r-131r: history of Tobit (Ma’aseh Toviyah), for the second day of Shavuot; with editorial notes in pencil.
Editorial note on fol. 621r: מדף 616 עד זה 621 נכתב בכ"י בכתב מאוחר ואינו דומה בשום אופן עם כתיבת ... הספר שהוא יותר קדמון וכנראה ... כמה מאות בשנים..
Colophon on fol. 681r is written by Moses Gaster and dated Heshvan 5652 (1891 CE).
Colophon: "ותשלם המלאכה הזאת בחדש מרחשון שנת ה'ת'ר'נ'ב' (1891) כ"י שפירא בידי(?) אני משה גאסטער ס"ט" f. 681rReferences
An English translation, based on this manuscript, was published by Moses Gaster in Studies and Texts in Folklore, Magic, Medieval Romance, Hebrew Apocrypha and Samaritan Archæology (London: Maggs Bros., 1925-1928), vol. I, pp. 34-38.Physical Description
Paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Pre-lined paper with laid lines and chain lines. Fols. 671-681: darker paper.Extent: 681 foliosDimensions (leaf): 200 × 157 mm.Dimensions (written): 167 × 110 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in ink.
Collation
No catchwords or signatures.
Condition
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
Pre-lined paper.
Text is only on the recto side.
Hand(s)
Square script of the 19th century.
According the Moses Gaster's handwritten colophon at the end, the scribe was he himself.
Decoration
Additions:Fol. 157r: note in cursive script in the outer margin, probably not by Moses Gaster.
Front flyleaf (ii)r note in English by Moses Gaster: "The original MS of these פירושים על התורה was: Paper. 4° no paginas; correctly written, but badly bound, so that in my copy which follows the original exactly the pages will also have to be transposed(?) certain pages towards the end are written by a different, modern hand (1560) they seem to bave been originally at the end, but have been bound badly in that place where they are now. The watermark of the paper is partly like this [drawing] & partly [drawing]. It is very deteriorated towards the end, the top back parts rotten away through dampness & the writings also much faded. The pages will have to be transposed thus:".
Binding
BM in-house.
Spine: 'Commentary on Pentateuch. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9959.'
Accompanying Material
Paper slip containing notes glued onto back flyleaf (i)r about the content of the MS(?).
History
Origin: 1891 England(?)Provenance and Acquisition
Stamp on front flyleaf (i)r: "India Office Library OIC 1635 Microfilm".
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 28; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on back flyleaf (i); date of accession 7 July 1927: inscribed on fol. 681v.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and the Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, the British Library, London; preface by Brad Sabin Hill; reproduced from the MS and typescript blue-slips prepared by Jacob Leeven, Joseph Rosenwasser and David Goldstein (London: Hebrew Section. Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996) (unpublished copy is available in the AAS reading room).Availability
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