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Or 2570

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032-003375146
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Or 2570
Title:
Karaite commentary by Joseph ben Abraham Baṣīr
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
35 folios
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Languages:
Arabic
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1000
End Date:
1099
Date Range:
1000-1099
Era:
CE
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Names:
Baṣīr, Joseph ben Abraham, philosopher and theologian, 1000-1099
Baṣīr, Joseph ben Abraham, philosopher and theologian, 1000-1099
῾Azariah ben Salaḥ
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Or 2570

Karaite commentary by Joseph ben Abraham Baṣīr

Contents

A Karaite commentary by Joseph ben Abraham Baṣīr, in Arabic.

Language(s): Arabic

ff. 1r-35v
Title: She᾿elot u-teshuvot
Title: שאלות ותשובות

A fragment of a Karaite work in the form of questions and answers, on counting ῾omer (folios 1-26 and 28-35) and a small portion of a work on the nature of God (folios 26-27), both by the same author.

Author: Baṣīr, Joseph ben Abraham, ha-Kohen ha-Ro'eh בשיר, יוסף בן אברהם הכהן הרואה

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 11th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 35 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 130 × 85 mm.
Dimensions (written): 100 × 60 mm.
Foliation:

35 folios (+ 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).

Collation

Quires of originally 10 leaves each.

Condition

Much damaged.

Slightly worm-eaten.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 10 12

Written lines: 10 12

Uniform layout.

Diacritical marks generally omitted.

Folio 26v left blank.

Hand(s)

Arabic script of the 11th century.

ff. 1r-16v
,
ff. 28r-35v
- probably an autograph of Joseph ben Abraham Baṣīr.

ff. 27r-27v
- written by ῾Azariah ben Salaḥ, the author's pupil (inscribed, folio 27r).

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine title: 'She'elot U Teshuboth. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental MS 2570.'

History

Origin: 1000-1099 11th century

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_2570 (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. 596.

Funding of Cataloguing

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