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Commentary on the first chapter of Genesis, eighteenth century

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Ff.05.02

Scope and Contents

An Aramaic commentary on the first part of the first chapter of Genesis. It is followed by a translation with critical annotations, from which the Chaldee would appear to have been copied from an original at Mantua. The translation is followed by an exegesis of 110 leaves, translated from the Hebrew of R. Jischak Loriensis Germanus, which begins 'Liber Zeniutha. s. occultationis. Hoc nomen explicandum est juxta sensum dicti illius Prov. xxv. 2 ...'. At the beginning of the volume are three discourses on subjects taken out of Liber Sohar, with annotations by Loriensis and others. The handwriting is similar to that of MS Ff.05.01.

Dates

  • Creation: eighteenth century

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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Extent

1 volume(s) (7, 56, 21 and 8 leaves respectively.)

Language of Materials

Latin

Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)

Custodial History

In the Library by the mid 1750s.

Physical Description

Paper.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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