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Title:
Hillukh
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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:
180 folios (180+v)
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Languages:
Arabic
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1909
End Date:
1909
Date Range:
1909
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Jacob ben Aaron
Khidr (Pinhas) ben Isḥaḳ
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Or 12250

Hillukh

Contents

A Samaritan halakhical work followed by a book list.

Language(s): Arabic

ff. 1v-175v
Title: Kitab al-Iʿtiqadat (or Kitab al-Tuqusat or Hillukh)

Book of laws and ceremonies.

This work exists in more than one recension. According to Bóid, one recension is by Jacob ben Aaron, the second by Khidr (Pinhas) ben Isḥaḳ (see Bóid, pp. 23-24).

On the different names of this work, see Pummer, The Samaritans, pp. 237-238.

Colophon:

References

Bowman, John, Samaritan Documents: Relating to the History, Religion and Life (Pittsburgh: Pickwick, 1977).)
Bóid, I. R. M., Principles of Samaritan Halachah: Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity.(Leiden: Brill, 1989), pp. 23-24, n33.
Pummer, Reinhard, The Samaritans: A Profile (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2016), pp. 237-238.
ff. 176v-180v
Title: A list of 42 books written by Abraham Qabassah
Title:

Colophon: Colophons on ff. 173v and 175v.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the early 20th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 180 folios (180+v)
Dimensions (leaf): 225 × 165 mm.
Dimensions (written): 133 × 85 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Water damage, a few usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 16

Written lines: 16

Uniform layout.

Ruling is visible.

Hand(s)

Arabic and Samaritan script of the 20th century, black and red ink.

Binding

Oriental flap-binding. Boxed.

M. Gaster's label on spine: ''.

In the digital surrogate the front binding board with the flap open is called back flyleaf (vi)r; the back binding board with flap extended is called back flyleaf (vi)v; the fore edge is called back flyleaf (vii)r; and the tail is called back flyleaf (vii)v.

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1909 West Bank (Nablus)

Provenance and Acquisition

Dry stamp on most of the pages.

M. Gaster's note on f.1r: 'unicum. The Arabic original ... of the Hebrew-Sam. Book on Laws & ceremonies. My Cod. ... Ibrahim ... of Nahji'.

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1155; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 12 November 1931.

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: British Library, 1998).

Availability

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12250 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Gaster, M., Catalogue of Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts, in the Gaster Collection, Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts [Photographic reproduction of entries for the British Museum (now British Library) manuscripts as extracted from the original Gaster Handlist), p. 150.
    Gaster, M., Handlist of Gaster Manuscripts held mostly in the British Library (formerly British Museum) London and in the John Rylands Library, Manchester [preface by Brad Sabin Hill (London, Hebrew Section, Oriental and India Office Collections, The British Library, 1995) (handlist, limited distribution), p. 94.
    Bóid, I. R. M., Principles of Samaritan Halachah: Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity (Leiden: Brill, 1989), pp. 23-24.
    Crown, Alan David,A catalogue of the Samaritan manuscripts in the British Library.(London: British Library, 1998), no. 43.

Funding of Cataloguing

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