Literary text: Halper 285

Literary text Halper 285

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Shelfmark
Halper 285
Primary Language
Arabic

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Astrological text, in Arabic script. The first line lists planets and the second line zodiac signs, maybe showing the placement of planets in the zodiac signs at a [particular time. Middle part of the fragment is a Hebrew poetry (arhāṭ) by (or dedicated to?) Abū Saʿd b. Yisra'el ha-Zaqen (al-Tustari?), copied by his student. Bottom of the fragment seems like an answer to a question or addressed to a student or disciple discussing the philosophy of knowledge, some are bestowed with it whilst some are bereft of it.

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Collection
Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Halper
Historical shelfmarks
Dropsie 285
Input date
In PGP since 2021
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Translation

Halper 285 p. 1

p. 1

Halper 285 p. 2

p. 2
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  • Halper 285: University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Halper, Halper 285. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/32491/, accessed November 28, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/32491/