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Or 2509

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Title:
Japheth ben Ali ha-Levi's commentary on Job
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
102 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2509 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
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Judeo-Arabic
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1500
End Date:
1540
Date Range:
1500-1540
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Moses Wilhelm Shapira
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
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Or 2509

Japheth ben Ali ha-Levi's commentary on Job

Contents

The commentary of Japheth ben Ali ha-Levi on the book of Job (fragments).

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1r-102v
Title: Perush Iyov
Title: פרוש איוב
Author: Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi,‏ active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי

The volume contains Yefet's Arabic commentary on Job 1:1-5:25, 6:1-9:19, 9:21-22 and parts of the introduction.

The pointed and accentuated Hebrew text, accompanied by a verse by verse Arabic translation, is embodied.

Of the Hebrew text the following parts are preserved: 1:1-5:26, 6:1-9:19, 9:22.

The readings of the קרי are marked in the margins.

This volume has been revised, omissions being supplied and mistkaes corrected, in the margin.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the early 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 102 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 188 × 135 mm.
Dimensions (written): 145 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

12 quires, originally of 10 leaves each (except the 3rd which has 11 leaves).

Quires 1-2, 8, 11-12 are imperfect.

The quires are signed with Hebrew letters and Arabic words on the upper margin of the first page, and with Hebrew letters on the lower margin of the last page.

Condition

Lacunae after folios: 3, 63, 101.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 15

Written lines: 15

The numbers of the chapters have been added by a later hand.

Catchwords on evey verso, partially invisible due to tight binding.

Hand(s)

Square and semi-cursive script of the early 16th century.

ff. 12r-12v
is a recent restoration.

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Spine: 'Yefet. Comm. On Job. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2509.'

History

Origin: 1500-1540

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), an antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Library from him on 08 July 1882: inscribed, back flyleaf (i)v.

Record Sources

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

Availability

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2509 (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. 297.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL