Author
Josiah b. Aaron (Gaʾon)
Subject
Cairo Genizah
Type
Document
Language
heb,jrb
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
2
Physical Dimensions
1 leaf. Leaf height: 24 cm, width: 18.6 cm.
Library
Cambridge Digital Library
Record ID
MS-TS-00012-00016
Library Location
Cambridge University Library — T-S 12.16
Date
1020 CE-1020-12-31-1020-01-01
Notes
Letter, in Judaeo-Arabic with an opening in Hebrew, ca. 1020 CE, from Josiah Gaʾon to Solomon b. Saʿadya and the community of Rafaḥ (Rafiaḥ, Gaza) concerning a dispute over an inheritance that drove the losing party to appeal to the Muslim court. The principal parties are Mūsā and Ibrahīm, the sons of Manṣūr; ʿAyša daughter of Joseph b. Ṣudayq; and ʿImrān b. Fuḍayl. Salāma b. Saʿīd and Ḵalaf b. Mukarram are also mentioned. Josiah’s name and title appear twice at the top of the letter, this line having subsequently been copied by someone, probably as writing practice. Verso contains the draft of a letter of recommendation, in Hebrew, by Elijah ha-Kohen b. Solomon Gaʾon, on behalf of the scribe of the Yešiva, Samuel b. Ṣemaḥ the cantor, known as ‘Ben Lāḏiqī’ (בן לאדקי, i.e., from al-Lādhiqīyah, Latakia, in Syria).
Durum
slightly torn, rubbed
Bağışçı(lar)
Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Fonlama
The digitisation of the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection has been sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.
Mizanpaj
27 lines (recto); various lines (verso)
Materyal
Paper
Not(lar)
There are a number of errors in Josiah’s letter, which lead Gil (Palestine 1983, ii 72) to believe it was a draft and not sent. It was addressed and has clearly been folded, however, suggesting otherwise.
Köken (Provenance)
Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
Yüzyıl 1
1000s C.E.
Oluşturma Tarihi (Bağlantı Türü)
keyword search
Tarih Aralığı
[1020-01-01 TO 1020-12-31]
Oluşturma Türü
creation
Yıl (Bitiş)
1020
Yıl (Başlangıç)
1020
Görüntü Hakları (Görüntüleme)
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Dil Kodu 1
jrb
Dil Kodu 2
heb
Dil 1
Judeo-Arabic
Dil 2
Hebrew
Metadata Hakları
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