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ha-Emunot ṿe-deʻot : manuscript.
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Saʻadia ben Joseph, 882-942.
- Language:
- German
- Hebrew
- Judeo-Arabic
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish philosophy--Texts--Early works to 1800.
- Jewish philosophy.
- Jewish philosophy--Texts--Translations into German.
- Genre:
- Codices (bound manuscripts)
- Manuscripts, European.
- holographs (autographs)
- translations (documents)
- marginalia (annotations)
- citation indexes.
- manuscripts for publication.
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned by Moritz Steinschneider (Cat. Lib. Hebr. Bodl., Malter), gifted to his student Henry Malter (Saadia Gaon, 375-376).
- Formerly owned by Henry Malter (Dropsie College files), donated to the Dropsie College Library.
- Physical Description:
- 322 leaves : paper ; 225 x 175 (190 x 120) mm.
- Other Title:
- other title : Book of Doctrines and Beliefs
- Place of Publication:
- [Prague], 1840.
- Language Note:
- German (in Hebrew characters, f. 2r-11v); some marginalia in Hebrew; translated from the Judeo-Arabic original.
- Summary:
- This is a manuscript of Amānāt wa-al-iʻtiqādāt (known in Hebrew as "ha-Emunot ṿe-deʻot", this title from the 12th century Hebrew translation by Judah b. Saul ibn Tibbon (1120-1190)), in a critical edition translated into German and prepared for eventual printing. One edition used for the manuscript (Barasch and Steinschneider) was the edition edited by Judah Leib Ben Zeʼev (Berlin, 1789; from paging sources in the text; for example, marginal citation on f. 207r). Julius Barasch began the work using German in Hebrew characters and continued in German characters (possibly due to a request of a publisher). Steinschneider's work includes an index of Biblical quotes (f. 296r-309v) and of Talmudic and Midrashic quotations (f. 310r-311v); notes referencing Sa'adia's ha-Pedut ṿeha-purḳan (f. 313r), and variants and errata on Ben Ze'ev's edition (f. 314r).
- Notes:
- Ms. codex.
- Title from f.1r; Book of Doctrines and Beliefs supplied by cataloger.
- Layout: Written in one column per page, mostly of 23-26 lines; Barasch portion mostly foliated (and sparsely referenced), and Steinschneider portion with chapter markers (for example, "Saadias I", f. 131r).
- Script: Written in a German cursive script (Kurrentschrift), in the hand of Julius Barasch (f. 1r-131r) and the remaining leaves in the hand of Moritz Steinschneider (f. 131r-313r; 313v-322v blank).
- Origin: Written in Prague (Malter), begun by Barasch on Friday 24 January 1840 (note in upper margin, f. 11v), completed by Steinschneider Sunday 17 July 1840 (f. 1r).
- Binding: Blue-green pasteboard (contemporary); "או"ד Übersetzung" written on note, adhered to front board.
- Cited in:
- Steinschneider, Moritz, "Catalogus librorum Hebraeorum in Bibliotheca Bodleiana" (Berlin: Ad. Friedlaender, 1852-1860), column 2175 (refers to this manuscript).
- Malter, Henry, "Saadia Gaon His Life and Works" (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1942), 375-376 (refers to this manuscript).
- Cited as:
- UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 231.
- OCLC:
- 1371297153
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