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Samaritan Manuscript – Kitab al-Tabbakh – Samaritan Halachic Work – Shechem, 1885
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Manuscript, Kitab al-Tabbakh – halachic work by Ab Hisda (Abu al-Hasan) of Tyre. Shechem, 1885. Arabic, with some Hebrew (in Samaritan script). Black and purple ink on paper.
Kitab al-Tabbakh is a work by 11th-century Samaritan scholar Ab Hisda of Tyre concerning kosher shechitah and other halachic topics. It also includes a detailed commentary of the Song of the Sea and various polemical writings.
The manuscript was produced by copyist Yaakov ben Yishmael ben Avraham ben Yishmael ben Avraham HaDanafi, with a colophon dated 1885.
[142] leaves. 22 cm. High-quality paper. Most leaves in good condition. Stains. Marginal tears to several leaves. Several leaves and gatherings detached. New fabric binding.
Samaritan Manuscripts
Samaritan Manuscripts