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MS. Heb. e. 30

Physical Description

Ff. 56.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. e. 30/1

Contents

Genesis

Without vowel points.

Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 1) i. 18 (טוב) to 29 (עשב)

b.

(fol. 2) iii. 17 (תאכלנה) to iv. 5 (מאד)

Physical Description

Syr. squ. char.; 8vo, vellum.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

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Contents

Fol. 3
Genesis

xxxv. 17 (תיראי) to xxxvii. 27 (בו), with vowel points and accents.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. squ. char.; 4to, vellum.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. e. 30/3

Contents

Genesis

Without vowel points.

Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 7) xxxiv. 13 (חמור) to xxxv. 1 (הנראה)

b.

(fol. 8) xxxvi. 12 (אשת) to 37 (תחתיו)

Physical Description

Span. squ. char.; 4to, vellum.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

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Contents

Exodus

With vowel points and accents.

Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 9) x. 13 (הבקר) to xii. 4 (נפשות)

b.

(fol. 10) xxv. 18 to xxvi. 10 (בחברת)

Physical Description

Syr. squ. char.; 4to, vellum.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

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Contents

Fol. 11
Exodus

xxviii. 23 to end of the book, with vowel points and accents.

On fol. 22 is the following gloss on כֻּתֳּנֹת (xl. 14): כְתְנֹת בנקט תחת אלתָּ שוא יְוְקרא בקמץ. At end (fol. 22b): לישועתך קוית יהוה: ברוך יהוה לעולם אמן ואמן סכום א̇ר̇ט זה הדפתר למרי דויד השמש , [by a later hand מראנא ורבאנא דויד ].

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Cursive squ. char.; 4to, vellum.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

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Contents

Fol. 23
Exodus

xix. 17 (ההר) to xx. 5 (פקד), with vowel points, accents, and both Masorahs.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Span. squ. char.; 8vo, vellum.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

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Contents

Leviticus

With vowel points, accents, and both Masorahs.

Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 24) xvi. 34 (לכם) to xviii. 1 (יהוה)

b.

(fol. 26) xviii. 26 (חקתי) to xix. 20 (אשה)

c.

(fol. 28) xix. 32 (פני) to xxii. 29 (תודה ליהוה)

Physical Description

Span. squ. char.; 8vo, vellum.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. e. 30/8

Contents

Fol. 36
Deuteronomy

ix. 10 (הדברים) to x. 13 (היום), with vowel points, accents, and the lesser Masorah.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. squ. char.; 8vo, paper.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. e. 30/9

Contents

Judges; 1 Samuel

With superlinear vowel points.

Language(s): Hebrew
α. (fol. 40)
Judges vi. 28 (השני) to vii. 8 (לאהליו)
β. fols. 41, 42
1 Samuel
a.

(fol. 41) 1 Samuel xiv. 43 (בקצה) to xv. 11 (למלך)

b.

(fol. 42) 1 Samuel xvii. 26 (מה יעשה) to 36 (חרף)

Physical Description

Square char.; 8vo, vellum, injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

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Contents

Fol. 43
1 Kings

i. 6 to 51 (את המלך). Verse 28 is marked פרשה and 31 has the words אלי הנא; with vowel points, accents, and the lesser Masorah.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Span. squ. char.; 8vo, paper, injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. e. 30/11

Contents

Isaiah in shorthand writing (see No. 2608, 1, and the Palaeographical tables)

See Kahle in ZATW, 1901.

Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 48) v. 8 to ix. 8

b.

(fol. 49) xliv. 4 to xlviii. 11

Physical Description

Syr. squ. char.; 4to, vellum.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

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Contents

Fol. 50
Isaiah

xxxvi. (הוא) to xxxvii. 17 (אזנך), with vowel points and accents.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Span. squ. char.; 4to, vellum, 2 coll.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

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Contents

Psalms

With vowel points, accents, and the lesser Masorah.

Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 51) xiv. 3 to xvi. 6

b.

(fol. 52) xxi. 3 (שפתיו) to xxii. (MS. xxiii) 7 (תולעת)

Physical Description

Syr. squ. char.; 8vo, paper.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

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Contents

Fol. 53
Psalms

xxxvi. 1 to xxxvii. 34, without vowel points.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Span. squ. char.; 4to, vellum, injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

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Contents

Psalms

Without vowel points.

Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 54) civ. 24 (מעשיך) to cv. 32

b.

(fol. 55) cxiii, 3 (מבואו) to cxvi (MS. cxv קיה)

Physical Description

Span. squ. char.; 4to, vellum.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

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Contents

Fol. 56
Of the book called Yosipon

Maccabean chapter on the death of Simon and the succession of Jonathan, see MS. d. 11.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; 4to, paper.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

Additional Information

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. ii, by Adolf Neubauer and Arthur Ernest Cowley, Oxford 1906, No. 2604.

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