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[Saʻadia Gaon's translation of Job 31:12-40, and commentary on Job 29:3] : manuscript.

Library at the Katz Center - Genizah Fragments Halper 50
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Saʻadia ben Joseph, 882-942.
Contributor:
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Language:
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Subjects (All):
Bible. Job XXXI, 12-40--Commentaries--Early works to 1800.
Bible. Job XXIX, 3--Commentaries--Early works to 1800.
Bible.
Genre:
Commentaries.
Penn Provenance:
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram.
Physical Description:
2 fols. (bifolium: recto=1r|2v; verso=2r|1v): consecutive, complete; folio 1 nearly square, folio 2 cropped to less than half its width (where writing accommodates uneven cut)
Parchment 16.6 X 14.9 cm material applied: black ink ruling method: left rule filled with symbol columns: 1 lines: 17.
Contained In:
Cairo Genizah Collection
Other Title:
Saʻadia Gaon's translation of Iyov 31:12-40, and commentary on Iyov 29:3
Place of Publication:
[Orient], [publisher not identified], [11th century-12th century?]
Language Note:
Judeo-Arabic Hebrew
Notes:
Contains translation to Job XXXI 12-40, followed by the beginning of the commentary on Job's last reply (XXIX-XXXI).
There are a few minor variants compared to the version in the edition published by J. Kafaḥ: Iyov : ʻim targum u-ferush Seʻadyah ben Yosef Fiyum / Yosef Kafaḥ [ed.]. Yerushalayim : ha-Ṿaʻad le-hotsaʾat sifre Rasag, 1973 (from a Yemenite mss. dated 1356).
The head words, from the Hebrew text, is signified by a punctus before and after; one head word is vocalized.
Forms part of: Cairo Genizah Collection.
Cited in:
Halper, no. 50
IMHM, no. F38399
OCLC:
1366218595

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