رسالة: T-S AS 153.115 + T-S 6J10.11 + T-S AS 169.74 + T-S Misc.29.44a

الوصف

Several fragments of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic with wide line spacing. In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Refers to Abū l-Ḥasan the 'elder of the congregations' with several honorifics and mentioning some gossip (rekhilut). Has some resemblances to BL OR 5533.1, T-S 12.238, and T-S 16.9. T-S AS 153.115 mentions someone titled החכם המעולה אב החכמה, likely the judge Efrayim b. Meshullam (see T-S 16.9, line 10). In the continuation it describes the measures that will be taken to discipline a certain Mūsā (T-S Misc.29.44a, l. 1) who has persisted in spreading slander (וצאעף אלרכילות, l. 2). He will be sternly warned (ll. 2–4), but if he continues to persist (l. 5), the communal leader (אבירנו) will remove three Torah scrolls from the ark, dress them in black, and blow the shofar before the congregations and excommunicate him. Reused on verso by the scribe Abū Naṣr Ibn al-Tabīb for a commentary or grammatical treatise, with biblical citations such as Deuteronomy 30:14, Isaiah 51:4–6, and Proverbs 12:19. (Information in part from CUDL and Goitein's index card.) Joins: Alan Elbaum (T-S AS 153.115 + T-S 6J10.11 + T-S AS 169.74) and Adiel Breuer (T-S Misc.29.44a).