Letter to Ephraim he-Ḥaver ben Shemarya (DS26176) (Q100255)
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| English | Letter to Ephraim he-Ḥaver ben Shemarya (DS26176) |
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Eliyah ben Shelomoh, active 11th century
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Laudatory poetry, Hebrew
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Eliyahu ben Shelomoh, ha-Ḳushṭanṭini--Correspondence
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Efraim ben Shemarya, approximately 980-approximately 1060
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Efraim ben Shemarya, approximately 980-approximately 1060--Correspondence
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1025-1047??
11. century
1025Gregorian
1047Gregorian
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Orient
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Extent: 1 folio : complete; faded, erasures
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complete; faded, erasures
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In mail format; recto has 42 lines of text, plus one of signature, almost filling the page.
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Verso contains the names of the addressee and sender, in two columns of two lines. In the poetic segment (ll. 2-11), verse endings denoted by a punctus.
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The author, whose name indicates that he originated in Constantinople, was a captive, redeemed by the Fustat Jewish Community. He has taken a loan from the non-Jews. He now asks for the aid of the head of the Community, in the wake of an unspecified tragedy.
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His Hebrew is florid, his script is that of an expert. The letter opens with a panegyric poem of six strophes. Regards are sent to Ephraim's scribe Yephet (b. David)
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Ephraim ben Shemaryah served as the head of the Erets Israeli community of Fustat, (in whose synagogue the Genizah was housed) in documents between 1020-1047 (see E. Bareqet, Shafrir Mitsraim, 1995, pp. 100-121, = Fustat on the Nile, Leiden, 1999, pp. 129-160). He earned the title "he-Ḥaver", as in this letter, in 1025 (Bareqet, ibid. p. 104, idem. 135).
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Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
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Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
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Amram.
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28 April 2025
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28 April 2025
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