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Or 17045

Record Id:

032-004290922

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-004290922

MDARK:

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ISAD(G)

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Or 17045

Title:

Materials connected to Hakham Dangoor’s work on Ecclesiastes

Scope & Content:

Background materials and preparatory studies relevant to Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor’s (HED's) Arabic translation of and Hebrew commentary on Ecclesiastes, and draft fragments of the Hebrew commentary.

Or 17045 (1). A 5-folio fragment of the biblical scroll Ecclesiastes with the Arabic translation and the Hebrew commentary שמע שלמה / 'shema' Shelomoh' / 'Solomon's Renown', by Hakham (= Rabbi) Solomon Twena, seemingly from the edition published in 5648 = 1887/8, either in Jerusalem or Hebron. This fragment covers from chapter 11, mid verse 8, to the end of Ecclesiastes, constituting folios 78 - 82 plus the back flyleaf of the printed edition.

Or 17045 (2). One draft of HED's thematic outline of Ecclesiastes.

Or 17045 (3). Another draft of HED's thematic outline of Ecclesiastes, in which each section is numbered.

Or 17045 (4). Revision of section 4 of HED's numbered thematic outline of Ecclesiastes, viz. of manuscript Or 17045 (3).

Or 17045 (5) Fragment containing the latter parts of HED's Introduction to his Ecclesiastes commentary, אמרי קהלת / Imre Ḳohelet / Utterances of Ḳohelet.

Or 17045 (6). Fragment of the end of HED's Introduction to his Ecclesiastes commentary.

Or 17045 (7). Fragment of HED's commentary on Ecclesiastes, covering chapter 1, mid verse 3 - verse 13. Caption at the top of 11a, דברי קהלת / 'divre Ḳohelet' / 'The words of Ḳohelet'.

Or 17045 (8). Extract from Malbim's Artsot ha-shalom / ארצות השלום, Sermon 6, treating Ecclesiastes 8:1; marginal gloss by Rabbi Ḥayim Yosef David Azulai (= ḤYDA / חיד"א) to the Zohar, treating Ecclesiastes chapter 8; Extract from Zohar II 112a, on Pericope Mishpaṭim / משפטים, treating Ecclesiastes 1:3; Extract from Erets ḥemdah / ארץ חמדה, treating Ecclesiastes 5:18 and 6:2.

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Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

The Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor Archive

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-004290922

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Hierarchy:

032-004290922

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

8 separate items; total of 15 folios

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic

Scripts:

Hebrew

Start Date:

1888

End Date:

1930

Date Range:

1888 - 1930

Era:

Place of Origin:

Baghdad, Iraq; and Jerusalem or Hebron, Israel.

Access:

Unavailable as awaiting conservation

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Physical Characteristics:

Or 17045 (1): Black ink printed on yellowing, acidic paper, gathering of 5 folios plus back flyleaf, making a total of 6 folios, approximately 200 mm x 125 mm.

Or 17045 (2): Black ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 160 mm x 70 mm.

Or 17045 (3): Black ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 158 mm x 86 mm.

Or 17045 (4): Black ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 155 mm x 70 mm.

Or 17045 (5): Brown ink on a single sheet of paper, approximately 204 mm x 139 mm.

Or 17045 (6): Light black ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 138 mm x 98 mm.

Or 17045 (7): Bifolium with a single sheet in between, making a total of 3 folios; light black ink on yellowing, acidic paper, approximately 190 mm x 126 mm.

Or 17045 (8): Brown and grey ink on a single sheet of paper, approximately 192 mm x 131 mm.

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Custodial History:

Dangoor Family

Source of Acquisition:

Donated by Dangoor Family (heirs of the author of items 2 - 5 and the owner of item 1)

Publications:

A non-fragmentary copy of Item 1: shelfmark Asia, Pacific & Africa 1906.a.41.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Dangoor, Ezra Reuben, Ḥakham Bashi = Chief Rabbi, 1848-1930

Related Material:

For Items 2 - 5: Manuscripts Or 17038 - 17044. For Item 1: Dissertation, Daniel Isaac, 'A 20th Century Judaeo-Arabic Translation to the book of Ecclesiastes' (University of Strasbourg; 04/8/2013), p. 19.

Related Archive Descriptions:

Or 17038
Or 17039
Or 17040
Or 17041
Or 17042
Or 17043
Or 17044