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LetterT-S 8K6
This polemical letter, in a manuscript of which only one sheet has been preserved (T-S 8K6), shares features in common with Letters 1 and 2 …
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LetterT-S 12.725
What survives of this text consists mostly of an argument that calendrical decisions can only be taken by experts – which is too neutral to …
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LetterT-S 8K8 + T-S 8K7 + Ms Harkavy
One of two manuscripts of ben Meir's first letter regarding the calendar controversy of 921/22 CE. (The other one is ENA 2556.2 + Bodl. Heb. …
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LetterT-S Misc.8.27
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. There is mention of the Qaraites and Ben Me'ir, suggesting that it might have to do with the calendar controversy. There is …
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Paraliterary textT-S Ar.29.190 fol. 13
Provides minimal information on the calendar. Perhaps intended as a aid for those who were already knowledgable about calendar calculations. Includes the Palestinian calendar rule …
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Paraliterary textENA 3235.1 + ENA 3235.2
Calendar manual with distinctive Palestinian calendar traditions, such as the rule of 641–642. Defers to Babylonian calendar rules, in a way that is inconsistent and …
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LetterENA 2556.2 + Bodl. MS heb. f 26/1–6
Epistle regarding the calendar controversy of 921–22 CE, including a response by Aharon b. Meʾir, who writes from Palestine to Baghdad. The letter begins with …
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LetterT-S 12.147
Karaite document, compiled by a delegation of 12 Gaza and Jerusalem Karaites, regarding the state of fields in the spring in order to determine whether …
- יקול מן כת[ב כט]ה פי הדא אלמחצר ו[ ]ה
- ומחצרה מן אלמקאדסה ואלגזיין אלכא[ ]מה אליהם
- אנא וקפנא יום אלגמעה מסתהל דו אלקעדה סנת תלת וארבעין
- וארבע מאיה על…
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