Letter; philosophy T-S Ar.18(2).4

Title:

Letter; philosophy T-S Ar.18(2).4

Creator:

Abraham b. Saʿadya he-Ḥebroni

Date:

1090-1130 CE

Description:

Recto: letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic from Abraham b. Saʿadya he-Ḥebroni, on behalf of refugees from Hebron that are now in Bilbays. Abraham writes to Isaac b. Samuel ha-Sefaradi (active ca. 1090-1130 CE) in Fusṭāṭ, concerning the building of a new synagogue in Bilbays, replacing an old synagogue that had been torn down. The entire community joined forces to dismantle the synagogue and rebuild the new building. The letter lists the donations given by members of the community, and describes in detail the surrounding properties and their owners. A muslim judge initially objected to the construction of the new synagogue, so the community tactically rebranded their construction as a ‘home’, to which the judge had no objection. Verso: jottings of an Arabic philosophical text.Condition: StainedLayout: 52 lines (recto); 40 lines (verso)

Language:

Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Arabic

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Geographic region:

Bilbays

Provenance:

Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

Medium:

Paper

Publisher:

Cambridge University Library

Rights:

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Identifier:

T-S Ar.18(2).4

Is part of:

The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

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