Description of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Penn CAJS: RAR MS 85.126.43: Sa'adia Gaon's translation and commentary of Proverbs 1:22-23 Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library Images are ©2020 University of Pennsylvania Libraries and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Metadata is ©2020 University of Pennsylvania Libraries and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Verse endings denoted by a colon; in commentary, paragraphs are separated by spaces. The fol. contains the Arabic translation of Proverbs I 22-33, followed by the beginning of Sa'adia's commentary essay on this paragraph (I 20-33), as found in the published edition (Kafaḥ: Mishle = Kitʾab ṭalab al-ḥikmah : ʻim targum u-ferush ha-gaʾon Se'adyah ben Yosef Fayumi / Yosef Kafaḥ ed.. Jerusalem : ha-Ṿaʻad le-hotsaʾat sifre Rasag, 1976) pp. 30-31 up to l. 12. The original inscription does not include the Hebrew biblical verses. These are provided in a later hand in the margins. The ink of the latter inscription survived better than the primary one. United States Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library Cairo Genizah Collection Penn CAJS: RAR MS 85.126.43 Hebrew Sa'adia Gaon's translation and commentary of Proverbs 1:22-23 Hebrew; Oriental; semi-square material applied: black ink

11th-12th century

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