Detail View: Genizah Collection:
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Reference number:
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B 6820 - 1
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Obverse:
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B 6820 - 2
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Image Number:
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JRL0806761dc
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Image Title:
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Bible commentary
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Subject:
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Midrash
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Subject:
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Bible--Commentaries
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Section:
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Genesis 18.1-4
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Language:
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Hebrew
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Script:
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Hebrew
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Vocalisation:
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Tiberian
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Support material:
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Paper
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Item height:
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98 mm
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Item width:
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100 mm
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Folio:
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1 / 1 leaf, recto
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Notes:
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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.
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Discovery site:
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Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Former repository:
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Moses Gaster
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Fragments
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Work rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access rights:
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 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester |
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Image sequence number:
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B06820 - 1
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by Gten
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Date image captured:
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2008-05-07
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Date: added:
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2009-02
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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