Sassoon, David Salomon (1880-1942)
The greater part of the manuscript (pp. 21-598) is a compendium by Joseph b. Elijah Tirshom titled Sefer Shoshan Yesod Olam that includes 2174 numbered paragraphs, containing, inter alia, a book of magic called Harba de-Moshe (Sword of Moses) and other texts. Copied in the Ottoman empire in a 15th century Byzantine script with additions in later hands.
Online Since: 06/09/2011
- Sassoon, David Salomon (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Joseph, b. Elijah Tirshom (Author) | Sarug, Yiśraʼel (Author) | Sassoon, David Salomon (Former possessor) | Segre Amar, Sion (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
One of the earliest manuscript exemplars of the version of the Tanhuma midrash text known among scholars as the "printed text" (first printed in Constantinople, 1520-22), as distinguished from the version first edited and printed by Solomon Buber in Vilnius, 1885. Copied probably somewhere in the Orient around the 14th century, the Hebrewscript is Oriental semi-cursive.
Online Since: 12/13/2013
- Sassoon, David Salomon (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Sassoon, David Salomon (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
This rare Judeo-Arabic fragment is from the Kitab al-Hidaya ila Faraiḍ al-Qulub (Guide to the Duties of the Heart ) by Baḥya ben Joseph Ibn Paquda (2nd half of the 11th century). This work is of fundamental importance since it sets out the first Jewish system of ethics. The manuscript tradition of this Judeo-Arabic work is quite fragmentary because few textual witnesses remain today.
Online Since: 09/26/2017
- Sassoon, David Salomon (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Sassoon, David Salomon (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Sassoon, David Salomon (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Baḥye ben Yosef ibn Paquda (Author) | Sassoon, David Salomon (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description