University of Pennsylvania, Halper 450

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS25700

Shelfmark:

Halper 450

Title:

Commentary on Genesis 1:14-19

Torah commentary

Author:

Saʻadia ben Joseph, 882-942

Saadia Gaon WIKIDATA

Place:

Orient

Date:

11th century-12th century?

eleventh century (dates CE) AAT

twelfth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Judeo-Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

losses along all edges, faded

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 folio : losses along all edges, faded

Note:

Text breaks are signified by a sof pasuḳ.
A Judeo-Arabic treatise dealing with the functions of the sun and moon in calendation. Much philological detail is given on the terms אור, אורה, מאור citing biblical sources. The verses in Genesis I 14-19 seem to be the subject.
The article in R. Saʻadia Gaon's Commentary (Perushe Rav Seʻadyah Gaʾon li-Vereshit / Moshe Zucker [ed.]. New York : JTS, 1984, p. 38) appears to be along similar lines, and is missing in the middle.
This issue, related to this biblical passage, was a central point of polemic contention between the Rabbanites and Karaites, as Japheth ben ʻAli wrote an extensive article in his Tafsir on Genesis on this topic (ms. Petersburg, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, B 51, pp. 29-49).
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram.

Keyword:

Commentaries

Early works

Religious disputations

Jewish calendar

Polemics

Jewish astronomy

Hebrew philology

Karaitic literature

Bible

Bible. Genesis

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940421263503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3j960v11/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania