University of Pennsylvania, Halper 157
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS25641
- Shelfmark:
- Halper 157
- Title:
- Sheʾelot u-teshuvot Min ha-shamayim
- Jacob, of Marvège, 12th/13th century
- Place:
- Spain
- Date:
- 14th century-15th century?
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Material:
- non-consecutive; damaged, stained ; Halper 157 folio 1 lacking lower half
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 3 fols. (Halper 157, 2 fols.; Halper 158: 1 folio) : non-consecutive; damaged, stained ; Halper 157 folio 1 lacking lower half
- Note:
- Incipits in enlarged characters over a space; each responsum with corresponding number in margin, and ending with 2hyphens plus 2 spaces.
Halper 157 1r contains the end of responsum no. 50 in the critical edition of Ben Meʾir (Sheʾelot u-teshuvot Min ha-shamayim /Yaʾaḳov, mi-Merṿish ; Yaʹaḳov Ben Meʾir [ed.] ; Jerusalem : s.n., 1972) starting נישנית אלא; followed by the beginning of responsum no. 2 (numbered here, in the margin: 361).
Halper 157 1v starts with the end of no. 52 and the beginning of 39 (here: 365).
Halper 157 2r resumes with nos. 82-85 (here: 403-406).
Halper 158 1r (fol. 3) resumes with nos. 64 (starts וצריך להוציא) then 62, 21, 19, 23, 25, up to חנוכה שמדליקין בבית הכנסת (here: 414-419).
The order of the responsa differs from the other copies of this collection, and is closer to a topical arrangement. The high correspondent numbers allotted to the responsa probably indicate that it is presented here as an appendage to another collection.
On the different editions of this collection, see: Israel M. Ta-Shma, Tarbits 57 (1988), p. 51-66; Neil (Naḥman) Danzig, Tarbits 58 (1989), p 26-48.
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Adler. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940418453503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3dz03k83/manifest
- Holding Institution:
