Letter T-S 13J9.2

Title:

Letter T-S 13J9.2

Creator:

Solomon b. Judah (Gaʾon)

Date:

1026 CE

Description:

Letter, dated 1026 CE, written by the Gaʾon Solomon the younger ‘Head of the Yešiva of the Pride of Jacob’ (i.e. Solomon b. Judah), in Jerusalem, to Ephraim he-Ḥaver b. Šemarya, in Fusṭāṭ, discussing strife within the Jewish communities in Egypt, between the Babylonians and Jerusalemites. The Babylonian leader Elḥanan b. Šemarya, and Jerusalemite Samuel ha-Kohen b. Avṭalyon, are mentioned, as are the calamitous effects on the Jewish communities of the Land of Israel of the war, probably between the Fatimid Caliph al-Ẓāhir and rebel Arab tribes (= 1024-1029 CE). Šayḵ Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan Ibn al-Ṭayīb is mentioned, with quotes from Psalms 91:1, Isaiah 29:21, Micah 2:6, Ezekiel 3:27, Jeremiah 30:12; and references to the prophet Micah, and also to Sanballat and Ṭoviyya (enemies of the Jews in the book of Nehemiah).Condition: holesLayout: 65 lines (recto); 2 lines (verso)

Language:

Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Geographic region:

Jerusalem

Provenance:

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

Medium:

Paper

Extent:

Leaf: (height: 55.2 cm, width: 19 cm)

Publisher:

Cambridge University Library

Rights:

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Identifier:

T-S 13J9.2

Is part of:

The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

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