Letter: Bodl. MS heb. c 72/24

Letter Bodl. MS heb. c 72/24

Metadata

Shelfmark
Bodl. MS heb. c 72/24
Primary Languages
Hebrew
Judaeo-Arabic

Description

Letter addressed to to Moshe, probably Moshe b. Yehuda, the head of the community of Alexandria in the last quarter of the 15th century. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. The letter contains an extended philosophical query into the question of life after death.

Additional metadata

Collection
Bodleian Library
Historical shelfmarks
Bodl. MS Heb. c 72, f. 24; Bodl. MS Heb. c 72, fol. 24
Input date
In PGP since 2021
Bodleian Library, Bodl. MS heb. c 72/24. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/34176/ (accessed June 7, 2026).