Scholarship on Letter: CUL Or.1080 J31

Letter CUL Or.1080 J31
  1. Bibliographic citation
    S. D. Goitein, unpublished index cards (1950–85), #12274. Princeton Geniza Lab, Princeton University.
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    • Discussion
  2. Bibliographic citation
    Mark R. Cohen, The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages (Princeton University Press, 2005).
    Location in source
    • #18
    • no. 18
    Relation to document
    • Digital Translation
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CUL Or.1080 J31 1r

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Mark R. Cohen, The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages (Princeton University Press, 2005).

Recto

  1. "For the Lord will be your trust; He will keep your feet from being caught"(Proverbs 3:26). 
  2. "The Lord will guard you from all harm; He will guard your life" (Psalm 121:7). 
  3. O my master, may God sustain your might and strength
  4. and not depose you from our high rank. I am
  5. from the land of Persia and I live in the synagogue.
  6. I had enough to live on (lit., "to cover myself with"), but I lost it,
  7. and I remain without a pittance. I came to this
  8. city empty-handed, intending that I would support myself by
  9. serving the people, but I fell sick with smallpox.
  10. Now I cannot function and I possess
  11. nothing. So I have written this
  12. petition to your excellency my master, hoping you would help me out with something. I am
  13. singling you out with this request and no one else because of your
  14. renown and repute (for generosity). May God
  15. never terminate your position. By my brother, I have never uncovered
  16. myself and would not have had to had not necessity brought this about.
  17. I am looking forward to the favor of God the exalted
  18. and to the favor of my master. May God never put my master in need
  19. or humble him. O master, do not turn me away disappointed
  20. but do for me as you do with others and "let not the downtrodden turn away disappointed," etc. (Psalm 74:21). May the welfare of our lord increase forever, Amen. 

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