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Or 8658

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032-003391738
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Or 8658
Title:
Judeo-Arabic commentaries and liturgy
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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:
46 folios (i+46+i)
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Languages:
Judeo-Arabic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1100
End Date:
1399
Date Range:
1100-1399
Era:
CE
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Names:
Sa'adia ben Joseph, Gaon, 882-942,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/95159227
Sa'adia ben Joseph, Gaon, 882-942,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/95159227
Samuel ben Ḥofni, d 1013
Samuel ben Ḥofni, d 1013
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Or 8658

Judeo-Arabic commentaries and liturgy

Contents

A collection of biblical and a liturgical pieces in Judeo-Arabic.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

f. 1r
Author: שמואל בן חפני Samuel ben Ḥofni, -1013
Title: פירוש לפרשת האזינו
Title: Perush le-Parashat Haʾazinu

Incomplete at the beginning and at the end.

Colophon:
f. 1r
Title: List of biblical words and expressions in Judeo-Arabic

Colophon:
ff. 1v-28v
Author: סעדיה בן יוסף, אלפיומי Saʿadia ben Joseph, 882-942 (attributed to)
Title: פסר ויושע לרבינו סעדיה גאון זצ"ל
Title:

Judeo-Arabic commentary on Ex. 14:24 onwards.

Colophon:
ff. 29r-36r
Author: סעדיה בן יוסף, אלפיומי Saʿadia ben Joseph, 882-942 (attributed to)
Title: שירת האזינו הש' לרבינו סעדיה גאון ז"ל
Title: Shirat Haʾazinu ha-Sh. le-Rabenu Saʿadiah gaon z.l.

Commentary on Parashat Haʾazinu.

Colophon:
ff. 36r-46v
Title: פסר תן פחדך
Title: Pasar Ten paḥadkha

Judeo-Arabic translation of part of the musaf prayer for Rosh ha-Shanah.

Incomplete at the end.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 12th-14th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Yellowish Oriental paper.
Extent: 46 folios (i+46+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 178 × 113 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Leaves on guards. According to the catchwords, it used to contain quires of 10 leaves.

Catchwords on certain verso sides, probably marking the end of the quires.

Original order of the leaves have been mixed by a binder.

Condition

Usage stains, liquid damage, iron gall ink corrosion.

Fragile leaves, some fixed with silk gauze.

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew (North African) semi-cursive script of the 12th-14th century.

Ff. 29r-36r 1-7 lines: written by a different hand.

Decoration

Additions:

Binding

BM in-house binding.

Title on spine: 'Saadyah. On Songs of Moses. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 8658'.

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1100-1399 12th-14th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased in 1920; date of accession 30 July 1920.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_8658 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    בן-שמאי, חגי, 'מציאה אחת שהיא שתיים: פירוש האזינו ךרב שמואל בן חפני ופירוש ויושע לרב סעדיה גאון בכתב יד נשכח', קרית ספר כרך 61 חוברת ב'(1986-1987), עמ' 313-332.
    Ben-Shammai, Haggai, 'Extra-Textual Considerations in Medieval Judaeo-Arabic Bible Translations: The Case of Saadya Gaon', in Materia giudaica. Rivista dell'associazione italiana per lo studio del giudaismo VIII/1 (2003), pp. 53 n1, 56 n22, 58 n31.
    Ben-Shammai, Haggai, 'The Judaeo-Arabic Vocabulary of Saadya's Bible Translations as a Vehicle for Eschatological Messages: The Case of Saadya's Usage of the 8th Form of Arabic QDR.' in Esoteric and Exoteric Aspects in Judaeo-Arabic Culture, ed. Benjamin Hary and Haggai Ben-Shammai (Leiden: Brill, 2006), pp. 203-204.

Funding of Cataloguing

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