A Geniza Fragment Attributed to Asher Ben Saul of Lunel: Text and Study
This article studies an unpublished Geniza manuscript which has been described by several scholars as the Sefer Haminhagot by Asher ben Saul of Lunel; it is currently owned by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library. The study includes the following: a description of the physical evidence of the man...
| Published in: | Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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College
1986
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| In: |
Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hebrew language
/ Handwriting
B Judaism / Middle Ages |
| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism TE Middle Ages |
| Further subjects: | B
Jewish literature
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | This article studies an unpublished Geniza manuscript which has been described by several scholars as the Sefer Haminhagot by Asher ben Saul of Lunel; it is currently owned by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library. The study includes the following: a description of the physical evidence of the manuscript copy; a facsimile, transcription and translation; a correction and reconstruction of the JTS pagination; an analysis of the text's sources and style; a comparison of the Geniza text and the Cambridge manuscript of Sefer Haminhagot published by Simḥah Assaf. The contrast between the Geniza text and the published Haminhagot leads to the conclusion that the manuscript is indeed not Haminhagot. While the name of the author and the title of the work must presently remain unknown, a provenance of Italy of the 13th or 14th century seems likely. The appendix presents a second unpublished manuscript reported to be Sefer Haminhagot now in the Ben-Zvi Institute Library. Analysis of this copy proves that it is Haminhagot and that it provides a supplement to the Cambridge manuscript. I. History, Facsimile, Transcription and Translation of the Geniza Fragment 1 II. Analysis of the Text of Jewish Theological Seminary Manuscript 2570 of the Geniza 36 III. The Geniza Manuscript 2570 and the Sefer Haminhagot 54 IV. Towards Proper Identification of the Geniza Fragment JTS 2570 66 APPENDIX — History, Facsimile, Transcription and Analysis of the Ben-Zvi Manuscript of Sefer Haminhagot 70 |
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| ISSN: | 0360-9049 |
| Contains: | In: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
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