Letter to Abraham ben Nathan, "the Seventh" (DS25834) (Q99229)
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| English | Letter to Abraham ben Nathan, "the Seventh" (DS25834) |
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Laudatory poetry, Hebrew
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Yefet ben Shemaryah, 11th-12th century--Correspondence
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Abraham ben Natan, 11th-12th century--Correspondence
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Avraham ben Shemaryah, 11th-12th century--Correspondence
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ʹOvadyah ben Shemaryah, 11th-12th century--Correspondence
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late 11th century-early 12th century?
11. century
12. century
1000Gregorian
1199Gregorian
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al-Maḥalla
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Extent: 1 folio : tears
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tears
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Folded and addressed in mail format.
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The letter opens with a paragraph of at least 20 lines of panegyric blessings in Hebrew. The 18 remaining lines are the content of the letter in Judeo-Arabic, which is also laden with honorific terms.
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The writers express their longing for Abraham yet decline his invitation to visit him in Syria (אלשאם), as they will be staying in al-Maḥalla (in the central Nile delta), with friends from Aleppo for another two months.
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The addressee, referred to as חמדת הישיבות, also received the letters in Cambridge TS NS J 131 (from the Nagid Mevorakh ben Saʻadia 1094-1111); Oxford Bodleian Heb. d. 68 (Cowely 2878) fol. 29; Cambridge TS 13J 15 fol. 24 (from Solomon ben Yeshua, the same hand as the previous); TS 10J 11 fol. 16 (there: b. Nathaniel); TS NS J 24 (from his brother Araḥ); TS 18J 4 fol. 2; TS 13J 15 fol. 24.
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He appears in a list of dignitaries in British Library Or. 5535 (Margoliouth, vol. III no. 1131). A biographical sketch of him was assembled by M. Cohen, Jewish Self-Government in Medieval Egypt, 1980, pp. 130-131.
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Verso contains the name of the addressee, and the names of the writers, Obadiah, Abraham and Japheth the sons of Shemaryah. This is followed by a standard Arabic salutation in Arabic characters.
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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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Sulzberger.
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28 April 2025
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28 April 2025
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