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MS. Heb. e. 45

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Ff. 106.

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Fol. 1
Part of a controversial treatise, in Arabic, on the differences between Rabbanites and Karaites

a section beg. ואמא אלתפליסי וגירה מן אהל זמאננא הדא.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Lists of the Pentateuch lessons

The rules in Arabic.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
a. (fol. 3)
list of the Pentateuch lessons for festivals
b. (fol. 4)
list of the lessons read together

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Fol. 5
The lessons for week-days

beg. with כי תשא to בחקותי;

fol. 6, האזינו to the end, followed by סידורן של מועדים, beg. אילו פרשיות ... ביומא קדמאה דפיסחא.

Language(s): Hebrew

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Fol. 7
Liturgical fragment

א̇ב̇, beg. missing, beg. with פ: פיהם כערוף. ניבו נצרוף. סביב נפשטה ונטרוף. גרשון יריעותיו פרוף;

followed (fol. 7b) by עדד אלאחרף, beg. הקהל ולזבחי מ̇ב̇ ש̇ע̇ז̇.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 9
Masoretic fragment
Language(s): Hebrew

enumerating the words found twice, beg. missing, beg. with סומכי to בתתם;

col. ii, the words found once with and once without ה, beg. with אומן; followed by אלפב̇ חד ר̇ וחד ד̇;

fol. 9b, אלפבית חד א̇ וא̇ וחד והא, incomplete;

fol. 10, beg. לריב ה̇ וחד ולריב;

fol. 10b, אלפבית מן חד חד תרתין תיבוהן לא וסימנהון, only three words.

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Fol. 11
Rhymed prose

alphabetical, beg. אֿמר יי בריתי לא אחלל, followed by another beg. אֿנשי רע לא יבינו משפט to beg. of י;

fol. 12, beg. כֿזב ענו בם. ושמחו בו בלבם, followed by אֿולת עדת חנף ומרית to ח.

Language(s): Hebrew

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Fol. 13
An Arabic sermon

a section beg. פאלתובה מנה יכון בצלאח אלצ̇מיר וחסן אלאעתקאד.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Large Syr. Rabb. char.; 8vo, paper.

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Fol. 17
A treatise on אביב

last section beg. מא סמענא אן פי אליהוד פרקה אן תקול אנא אדא וגדנא בקעה פיהא אלאכצ̇ר ואלפסתקי ואלאצפר הי דליל ראשון ...

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 19
Some philosophical treatise

a section beg. ואשאל על סביבו שלגלגל סובב מחמתו או מחמת מסביב אם תמצא לומ̇ מחמת מסביב ...

Language(s): Hebrew

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Fol. 21
An Arabic history of the Kings according to the book of Kings

beg. ומלך בעדה אֲבִיָה אבנה ג̇ סנין. והו חאדב ירבעם (1 Kings xv. 1) to 2 Kings vi (see Med. Jew. Chron., II, p. 101, line 6 from below), followed (fol. 31) by the history of Ezra (ibid., p. 108, l. 12).

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 33
Arabic commentary on the Ten Commandments

beg. with the end of the Ninth. No. 10 beg. לא תחמד בית רעך. לא תתמנא בית צאחבך ולא זוג̇תה ... ועליך באלקנאעה ...

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 34
Headed قصيده على القدس

beg. אנא רית קדסי אלכ̇ראב, followed (fol. 36) by the Aramaic מגלת אנטיוכס, the whole much injured and scarcely legible.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Aramaic, Arabic

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Fol. 42
A calendar in Arabic

ending כמל אלעיבור.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 44
One page of a calendar in Arabic by a later hand;

ending ללסנה אלה̇ מן מחזור רסא̇ אליג אלב̇א̇ק̇ח̇.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 45
Fragment of a calendar in Arabic by Moses ben Abraham ben Jacob עסרי

dated (fol. 47b) 4908 = 1132 A.D. On fol. 45b he refers to R. Nissim and R. Ḥananel, R. Joseph b. Josheph ארבוני, fol. 47b Samuel Nagid, fol. 51 Seadiah Gaon.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Origin: 1132

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Fol. 57
מקרי דרדקי on Num. v. 8 (גואל) to xvi. 13 (תשתרר) in Arabic
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 61
מקרי דרדקי on Joshua xiv. 8 (מלאתי) to 1 Samuel xxi. 14 (טעמו)
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 65
Fragment of ס̇ מצוה in Arabic

beg. with the end of chapter xx, on the festivals; fol. 65b is headed אלקסם ב̇כ̇ ואגבאת אלאימה אעני ולד האדון והי כ̇א̇; ends with the beginning of אלקסם כ̇ה̇.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 69
Arabic responsum on הלילגה

on fol. 71 the writer says קלת אנך אקררת בנג̇וד חכים עלים לטיף קדיר פלמא סאלתך מן הו קלת אלהלילגה פקד אקררת באללה ולכנך סמיתה בגיר אסמה ולו עקלת ופכרת לעלמת אן אלהלילגה אנקץ קוה ....

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 75
Arabic letter

beg. missing, no name or date, beg. הדא אלכתאב והם ואללה מא ענדהם לא מא יאכלו ולא מא ילבסו ואנא יאמולאי ... וקד אנכשפנא ולא תט̇ן אלקירואן ....

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 76
Seadiah's commentary on the Sefer Yeẓirah

from the beg. (obliterated) to p. 11 of M. Lambert’s edition.

Language(s): Hebrew

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Fol. 82
Arabic commentary on Deut. v. 21

beg. and end missing; a section beg. ואלמסלה אלתאניה הו אנהם אד̇א כאנו קד סמעו גמיע אלעשר דברות פאיש כאן בקי עליהם אן יסמעונה פנקול אנה כאן קד בקי אן יסמעו פרוע הד̇ה אלדברות ....

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 84
Fragment of a medical treatise

beg. with the end of chapter lxxv;

chapter lxxx beg. אלבאב אלפ̇ פי דוא קרוח אללתה ואוראמהא. אדא ט̇הר פי אללתה קרוח או ורם וראית אלדם יכרג̇ מנהא פאפצד אלקיפאל ואלחג̇אמה ....

Lacunae (?) after fol. 85 and fol. 87;

ends with chapter lxxxii, after which there is the following colophon:

תמת אלמקאלה אלכאמסה מן אל גִזו אלתאני אלעמלי מן כתאב כאמל אלצנאעה אלטביה אלמוסום באלמלכי האליף אבי אלחסן עלי בן עבאס אלמגִוסי תלמיד אבי מאריר מוסי בן סיאר אלמתטבב יום אלאחד כ̇ח̇ אלול ה̇י̇ג̇ ליצירה ישע יקרב.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Syr. curs. char. (by two hands); 8vo, paper.

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Origin: 1253

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Fol. 91b
Headed הדא אלדיואן אלמערוף ברבינו שמואל הנגיד הרב הגדול ז̇צ̇ו̇ל̇

beg. קאל רב יהוסף בן רבנא שמואל הלוי.

Ff. 90, 91a blank.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 93
Fragment of a theological treatise in Arabic

a chapter is headed באב פי אלרד עלי מן זעם אן אללה תבארך נודא; at the end תם אלכתאב בחמד אללה ותופיקה.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 95
Arabic historical fragment

passage for identification,

ורגעו בני יש̇ מן באבל ... פבנא אלבית פקאם אלבית אלתאני מעמור ד̇ מאיה סנה ועשרין סנה תם וחף אליה טיטוס צאחב אלאנדלס ואריאנוס צאחב אפריקיה ואספסינוס צאחב אלבזנטיה ודאך אן לם יכון בנית אלקסטנטינה.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 97
A poem

beg. missing; the following passage occurs (fol. 99), בבשתה נתנאל בן גאונינו בזרחו. כסתה שמש עננים. והוא נגיד ואמיץ בחכמים.;

followed (fol. 99b) by a piece headed ופיה איצ̇א, beg. ידועים ראשי השיבות.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 101
Fragment of the Arabic Yosipon

beg. פתחצן פיה פמצ̇י כביאנוס פחאצרה וצ̇ייק עליה וכרג̇ אליה אלאסכנדר מסתאמנא פקבלה ואחסן אליה.,

ends תם עאד קיצר אלי רומיה ואסתקאמת אמור הורקנוס בבית אלמקדס ועט̇ם שאנה וסאר פי אלנאס ואחסן סירה;

fol. 102 is headed כבר כרסוס אלרומי. (See Jewish Quarterly Review, vol. xi. p. 358.)

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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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. 2787.

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