University of Pennsylvania, Halper 119

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS26062

Shelfmark:

Halper 119

Title:

Ethical will

Will

Place:

Byzantium

Istanbul TGN

Date:

13th century-14th century?

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Hebrew

Hebrew WIKIDATA

Material:

complete, attached (forming outer sheet of fascicle [Halper]); damage

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 fols. (bifolium: recto=1r|2v; verso=2r|1v):) : complete, attached (forming outer sheet of fascicle [Halper]); damage

Note:

Text breaks denoted by a punctus, plus 2-5 spaces.
The fragment contains an essay on the merits of charity. The author often opens a paragraph with the address: בניי. The author relies heavily on Talmudic and Midrashic texts, introduced as א[מרו] חז"ל, or נמצא באגדה.
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Adler.

Keyword:

Early works

Charity

Jewish ethics

Wills, Ethical

Rabbinical literature

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940418073503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3jw8758z/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania