University of Pennsylvania, Halper 433

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS26077

Shelfmark:

Halper 433

Title:

Kifāyat al-ʻābidīn

Kifāyat al-ʻābidīn

Author:

Abraham ben Moses ben Maimon, 1186-1237

Abraham ben Moses ben Maimon WIKIDATA

Place:

Orient

Date:

12th century-13th century?

twelfth century (dates CE) AAT

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Judeo-Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

damaged, loss in lower interior corner, stained, faded

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 folio : damaged, loss in lower interior corner, stained, faded

Note:

Incipits in enlarged, square characters above a space.
From the ethical section (Part II section 4) of this epic work, the fragment contains the latter half of chapter 19 "פי אלקנעה" (on Contentedness) and the beginning of chapter 20 "פי אלזהר" (on Abstinence). Parallel to, in the published edition: Samuel Rosenblatt, The highways to perfection of Abraham Maimonides., vol. II, Baltimore 1938) p. 220 l. 15 - (the end of the legible inscription) p...
A fragment of an ethical essay in Judeo-Arabic. In this passage, biblical verses are cited, about bringing gifts to the prophets (Sam. I I X 7-8; Kings I XIV 3).
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram.

Keyword:

Early works

Jewish philosophy

Philosophy, Medieval

Jewish ethics

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940421123503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3707x672/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania