Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Heb. f. 19

Contents

Fragment of Seadiah Gaon's Arabic translation and commentary on the book of Esther

end of the pre-face and beg. of the first chapter; translation beg. כאן פי איאם אחשורוש הו אחשו̇ אלד̇י מלך מן אלהנד אלי אלחבשה̈ ק̇כ̇ו̇ מדינה.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

Physical Description

Syr. squ. char.; 8vo, vellum.
Ff. 5.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

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

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. 2655.

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