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Title

Midrash ha-ḥefets (מדרש החפץ)

Funders

• The Polonsky Foundation

Call number

Or 2382
(London, United Kingdom, British Library, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project)

Alternate identifiers

• http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2382
• https://www.bl.uk/hebrew-manuscripts

Publisher

British Library

Language

Hebrew; Arabic

Origin

Place

Yemen

Summary

Midrash ha-ḥefets, a philosophical midrash on the Pentateuch by Zechariah ben Solomon ha-Rofe, aka Yaḥya ben Saliman.

Notes

• Imperfect at the beginning and at the end.
   
• Several leaves more or less damaged.
   
• A record of birth of Se'adyah ben Mosheh: inscribed, folio 157r.
   

Extent

304 folios; 304 folios

Support

Paper

Binding

BM/BL in-house. Spine title: 'Midrash ha-Chafets. Hebrew and Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2382.'

Layout

Columns: 1; ruled lines: 26 34; written lines: 26 34; Some catchwords preserved. Beginnings of chapters and sections highlighted. Frequently elongated last letter in a line to fill the space.

Script

Yemenite semi-cursive script of 16th century. Mosheh ben Yosef ben Mosheh ben Se'adyah: inscribed, folio 157r, writing for Se'id ben Maḥapots, inscribed on the same folio.

Provenance

• Acquisition: Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), an antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Library from him on 23 July 1881: inscribed, folio [305v].
   

Related resources

• Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.

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