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Title:
Kitab al-Khalaf by Munajja ibn Sadaḳah
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Extent:
72 folios (i+72+ii)
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Languages:
Arabic
Samaritan
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Arabic
Samaritan
Start Date:
1906
End Date:
1906
Date Range:
1906
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Hijri-qamari
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CE
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Munajja ibn Sadakah, fl 12th century
Munajja ibn Sadaḳah
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Or 12279

Kitab al-Khalaf by Munajja ibn Sadaḳah

Contents

A work on the differences between Jews and Samaritans in halakhic matters.

Language(s): Arabic, Samaritan

ff. 2r-72r
Author: מנג’ה בן צדקה Munajja ibn Sadaḳah
Title: כתאב אלכלף
Title: Kitab al-Khalaf

In Hebrew Sefer ha-Ḥilufim, that is, The Book of Differences between Jews and Samaritans.

Interspersed with Samaritan words and phrases.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the early 20th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 72 folios (i+72+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 180 mm.
Dimensions (written): 131 × 88 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel pagination in Eastern Arabic numerals, in ink.

Ff. 1v and 72v are blank.

Unfoliated blank leaf after f. 1.

Collation

9 quires: i2 (ff.1-1a), ii-viii10 (ff. 2-11, 12-21, 22-31, 32-41, 42-51, 52-61, 62-71), ix2 (ff. 72-back flyleaf).

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Smudged ink, a few usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 18

Written lines: 18

Uniform layout.

Very wide margins.

Hand(s)

Arabic and Samaritan script of the early 20th century; black and red ink. Scribe: Jacob ben Aaron ben Salama.

Additions:

M. Gaster's note on f. 1r: ספר החילופים בין היחודים והשומרונים נכתב בלשון ערבי מאת ישיך מונאגה נעתק ע"י יעקב בן אהרן בן שלמה כהן גדול בשכם

Binding

Post-1600, green cloth binding.

History

Origin: 1906 West Bank (Shechem)

Provenance and Acquisition

M. Gaster's note on f. 1r: '823 M. Gaster 25.xi.906'.

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 823; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 26 March 1930.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and Crown, Alan David: A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 1998).

Availability

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12279 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Shunnar, Zuhair, Katalogue Samaritanischer Handschriften I (Berlin: R. Seitz, 1974), no. 52.
    Crown, Alan David, A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 1998), no. 45.

Funding of Cataloguing

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