MS. Oppenheim Add. fol. 59
Oriental Manuscripts Oppenheim Collection
Contents
ff. 1r-223v
, al-Wajiz al- Mughni אלוגיז אלמג’ני Aggadic midrash on the Pentateuch, mostly of a philosophical character.
Beginning is incomplete.
Marginal notes in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew.
Colophon: Colophon in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew: "וכאן כמאל הדא אלכתאב ... שנת ב’א’ה’ב’ת’ו’ ו’ב’ח’מ’ל’ת’ו’ ... [=א’תתק"ז או א’תתק"ח לשטרות] אפרים הלוי בירב דוד הלוי בירב עודד הלוי בירב ישע הלוי בירב דוד הלוי בן ישע עלוי ..."
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: European watermarked paper
Extent: ff. 223
Dimensions (leaf):
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Hand(s)
Yemenite semi-square script.
Additions: Fol. 222 is from another MS. It contains Saadia gaon's Arabic translation of Gen. 41:18-50. Fol. 223 is also from another MS, and contains Rashi's commentary on Lev. 1.
History
Origin: Ḥamda (Yemen); 1595/1596 or 1596/1597
Provenance and Acquisition
Owner's name is deleted on fol. 221v.
On 22 January 1880, £300 were given for 'Hebrew MSS.' to M.W. Shapira, and according to Cowley this MS was probably part of this purchase (see Summary Catalogue, vol. V, p. 583).
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, (No. 2493, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 2493, and on the data of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, National Library of Israel with additional enhancements by the cataloguer.
Availability
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.
Bibliography
Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 2493.
Beit-Arié, Malachi and R.A. May (eds), Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I (A. Neubauer’s Catalogue) (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994), no. 2493.
Langermann, Y. Zvi, Yemenite Midrash: Philosophical Commentaries on the Torah (San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, 1996), 273-276.