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Or 2691

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Or 2691
Title:
Samaritan polemical miscellany
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
43 folios (ii+43+ii)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2691 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Arabic
Samaritan
Scripts:
Arabic
Samaritan
Start Date:
1781
End Date:
1787
Date Range:
1781-1787
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Names:
Yakub al-Shalabi
al-ʿAyyah, Ibrahim ben Yaʿkūb
אלעיה, אבראהים בן יעקוב
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Or 2691

Samaritan polemical miscellany

Contents

Summary of Contents: An apologetic treatise in defence of the tenets of the Samaritan sect between 1784 and 1787 by Ibrahim al-ʿAyyah.

Language(s): Arabic, Samaritan

ff. 1r-43r
Author: אלעיה, אבראהים בן יעקוב al-ʿAyyah, Ibrahim ben Yaʿkūb
Title: וכוח אפולוגטי להגנת השומרונים
Title: Ṿikuaḥ apologeṭi la-haganat ha-Shomronim

Ff. 1r-30v: autograph; ff. 31r-43r: 19th century additions.

ff. 1r-11r
Title: Two tracts

Ff. 1r-8v: tract in defence of the unity of God, written in 1199 AH (1784/5); ff. 9r-11r: tract in defence of the Samaritan creed, written in 1196 AH (1781/2).

ff. 11v-16r
Title: A versified tract against calf worship and defence of the creed

Written in 1198 AH (1783/4).

At the end of the versification, there are comments on judgements.

ff. 16v-29r
Title: Treatise on Resurrection and the Day of Judgement
ff. 29v-30v
Title: An account of the plague in Nablus in 1201 AH (1786/7)

References

Shehadeh, Haseeb, 'One Fifth of the Tiny Samaritan Community in Nablus Died in the Plague Epidemic of 1786' (http://shomron0.tripod.com/HaseebShehadehSynopses2010.pdf)

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, tre-lune watermark (e.g. f. 3).
Extent: 43 folios (ii+43+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 199 × 142 mm.
Dimensions (written): 147 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Condition

Usage stains, water damage.

Layout

Columns:1 2

Hand(s)

Arabic and Samaritan script of the 18th and 19th century; black and magenta ink.

Decoration

Additions:

Binding

Post-1600, Islamic flap binding, brown leather, blind-tooled.

Title on spine: 'Samaritan Tract. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2691.'

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

History

Origin: 1781-1787 With later additions from 1875. West Bank (Nablus)

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquisition note on back flyleaf (ii)v: 'Bt of Yakub al-Shalabi, 9 Nov. 1883'; date of accession July 1884.

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_2691 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Crown, Alan David, A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library. (London: The British Library, 1998), no. 37.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL