Literary text: Yevr.-Arab. II 3077

Literary text Yevr.-Arab. II 3077

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Yevr.-Arab. II 3077
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Judaeo-Arabic

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Literary. Beginning of a Qaraite treatise on the aviv (observation of the barley crop) and intercalation. By Yehuda Meir Rofe. Explains the difference between the Rabbanites whose year begins in Tishrei and the Qaraites whose year begins in Nisan. Gives an origin story for the Seleucid calendar, involving Alexander the Great and Shimʿon ha-Ẓadiq.

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National Library of Russia, Firkovitch (Firk.); Antonin
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In PGP since 2020
National Library of Russia, Firkovitch (Firk.); Antonin, Yevr.-Arab. II 3077. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/31692/, accessed November 23, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/31692/