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Book of Job with commentary
פירוש והפסוק
Elo-him be-Yiśra'el
Torat ḥesed. Selections
1434
Judah ben Samuel, approximately 1150-1217
Yaʻbets, Yitsḥaḳ, active 16th century
Kimḥi, Moses, approximately 1190
Lago, Yiśraʼel ben Avraham Melamed, active 15th century
Kohen, Shelomoh, active 15th century
Kohen, Shelomoh, active 15th century
Montefiore, Moses, Sir, 1784-1885
Luzzatto, Samuel David, 1800-1865
Halberstam, S. J. (Solomon Joachim), 1832-1900
Unpublished commentary on the Book of Job. According to Yitsḥaḳ Yaʻbets the author of the commentary is Moses Kimḥi. A colophon gives the scribe as Yiśraʼel b.k. R. Avraham who titles his manuscript Ha-perush ṿeha-pasuḳ. On various other manuscripts he is known as Yiśraʼel ben Avraham Melamed Lago. On fol. 1r, in a different Ashkenazi script, there is a Seliḥot poem by Judah he-Ḥasid titled Elo-him be-Yiśraʼel. Includes marginal notes by Solomon Halberstam and Samuel David Luzzatto. French words in the commentary transcribed into Roman characters by Luzzatto in margins. Includes also excerpts from Yitsḥaḳ Yaʻbets' work Torat ḥesed. Title from Sotheby catalog "Important Hebrew manuscripts from the Montefiore endowment", New York, October 27 & 28, 2004, no. 5. Original manuscript on parchment and paper; 24 lines; written in brown ink in Byzantine script; text of Job vocalized and with cantillation notes; catchwords; quires numbered in Hebrew characters; modern foliation in pencil; fols. 96-97 torn and lacking upper left corner; fol. 98 torn without text loss; minor worming to final leaves; marbled paper over boards. Physical manuscript previously owned by Shelomoh Kohen (patron), Moses Montefiore (no. 6), Samuel David Luzzatto, and Solomon Halberstam (shelf no. 198).
Hebrew
98 leaves
22 cm. x 15 cm
Original manuscript on loan to Yeshiva University from Richard and Debra Parkoff.
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