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Book/Printed Material Torah with Haftarah Selections.

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Title

  • Torah with Haftarah Selections.

Summary

  • This Hebrew Pentateuch with Haftarot (portions from the Prophets section of the Hebrew Bible, read in synagogue on Sabbaths and holidays following the Torah portion) added at the end was created in Sana'a, Yemen, in 1485. The manuscript includes full vocalization, accentuation, and Masorah annotation. The Haftarot include the Targum, or Aramaic translation, following each verse. Preceding the Torah text itself are two grammatical treatises (comprising 15 leaves in total) common in Yemen. The manuscript is written on paper in Yemenite square script, in two columns per page, with 25 lines per column. Created by David ben Benayah ben Saadiah ben Zekhariah, a member of a well-known family of Yemeni scribes, the manuscript has been owned by the Hibshoosh family since 1910. The three divisions of the Hebrew Bible are the Torah (Pentateuch), the Prophets, and Writings or Hagiographa. The Masorah annotations are the collection of critical notes, compiled in the 7th--10th centuries by Jewish scribes and scholars known as the Masoretes, and accepted as the authoritative regulator of the written and vocalized transmission of the Hebrew Bible.

Names

  • Zekhariah, David ben Benayah ben Saadiah ben Scribe.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1485.

Headings

  • -  Yemen--Ṣanʻāʼ
  • -  1485
  • -  Bible
  • -  Bible. Old Testament
  • -  Haftarot
  • -  Masorah

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 211 leaves : paper ; 30 x 37 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Israel.
  • -  Content in Hebrew.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667536

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Zekhariah, David Ben Benayah Ben Saadiah Ben Scribe. Torah with Haftarah Selections. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1485] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667536/.

APA citation style:

Zekhariah, D. B. B. B. S. B. S. (1485) Torah with Haftarah Selections. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667536/.

MLA citation style:

Zekhariah, David Ben Benayah Ben Saadiah Ben Scribe. Torah with Haftarah Selections. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1485] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667536/>.