University of Pennsylvania, Halper 263
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS25809
- Shelfmark:
- Halper 263
- Title:
- Part of a Judeo-Arabic version of the Azharah, enumerating the 613 precepts
- Place:
- Orient
- Date:
- 11th century-12th century?
- Language:
- Judeo-Arabic
- Material:
- non-consecutive; losses from lower edges; exterior edge unevenly cut (cropped?)
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 2 fols. : non-consecutive; losses from lower edges; exterior edge unevenly cut (cropped?)
- Note:
- Verse endings denoted by a sof pasuḳ.
The order of the commandments here is close to that of the Hebrew Azharah אתה הנחלת תורה לעמך (Davidson, Thesaurus of Medieval Hebrew Poetry. New York : JTS, 1924, 8788א), although this is apparently not a translation of it. Fol. 1 of the fragment contains, parallel to the Hebrew version (in Goldschmidt and Frenḳl, Maḥazor le-Shavuʹot / Yonah Frenḳel, E.D. Goldschmidt [ed.s]. Jerusaelm...
Fol. 2 parallel to (ibid. pp. 633-634) ll. 121-128; the Judeo-Arabic reflects Arabic pronunciation , as "sun consonants" are orthographically assimilated; verses on fol. 1 are monorhymed אר-, on fol. 2 אן-.
Halper's notes: Though the scansion requires the words to be read in classical fashion in the majority of cases, the orthography is vulgar or rather phonetic. Sometimes ל of the definite article, when it is to be assimilated with the following letter, is entirely omitted. Thus النيرن = אניואן, the ו and י are often used to represent short u and i, respectively, as for instance, يخرج = יוכרגו...
See the description by S. Hahn, Ginze Ḳoifman, 1939, pp. 72-73.
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
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- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940419423503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3wh2dz9v/manifest
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