COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 6820 - 1
Obverse:
B 6820 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0806761dc
Image Title:
Bible commentary
Subject:
Midrash
Subject:
Bible--Commentaries
Section:
Genesis 18.1-4
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Hebrew
Vocalisation:
Tiberian
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
98 mm
Item width:
100 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Notes:
15 lines. Text based on Genesis Rabbah 48.7. The writer of this piece seems to suggest that the three men of the Genesis story appeared to Abraham in a dream (see line 1), which accords with Maimonides' approach in the Guide of the Perplexed (II.42 etc.). Sporadic vocalisation.
Discovery site:
Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository:
Moses Gaster
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Access rights:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Image sequence number:
B06820 - 1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-05-07
Date: added:
2009-02
Metadata language:
eng-GB
