Legal document: Halper 354

Legal document Halper 354

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Halper 354
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Draft of a deed of compensation in the hand of the court reporter Yefet b. David Shekhanya, around 1030 CE. It was given to Efrayim b. Shemarya ha-Ḥaver, the head of the Jerusalem community in Fustat who was active between 1007–1055 CE. (Information from Goitein, Palestinian Jewry, pp. 53-54). VMR

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Efrayim b. Shemarya

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Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Halper
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Dropsie 354
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Halper 354 p. 1

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S. D. Goitein, Palestinian Jewry in Early Islamic and Crusader Times (ha-Yishuv be-Ereṣ Yisraʾel be-Reshit ha-Islam u-ve-Tequfat ha-Ṣalbanim)‎ (in Hebrew) (Yad Izhak Ben Zvi Publications, 1980).

Halper 354 p. 2

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Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Halper, Halper 354. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/639/ (accessed March 10, 2026).