16 total results

1. 1

   Paraliterary textT-S Ar.30.208

   In PGP since

   2020

   PGP ID

   20332

   Notes on halakhic matters (lecture notes? draft of a treatise? responsa?). One side discusses a gentile converting to Judaism.

   No Scholarship Records

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   • conversion
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2. 2

   Legal documentT-S 12.232

   In PGP since

   1988

   PGP ID

   1635

   Testimony regarding the proselytizing of two sisters. A new edition with English translation to be published by Amir Ashur

   1. מעשה שהיה לפנינו אנו העדים הח[תומ]ים למטה בכתב הזה כי באו לפנינו
   2. שתי אחיות שהיו מקודם היום גויות ערלות שם הגדולה פלונית ושם הקטנה
   3. פל והתחננו אלינו ו…

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   • conversion
   • testimony
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3. 3

   Legal documentT-S K15.95

   Document Date

   Middle decade of Iyyār 1461 Seleucid (May 1150 CE)

   In PGP since

   2017

   PGP ID

   8517

   Accounts by a communal official. In Judaeo-Arabic. Location: Fustat. Dated: Middle decade of Iyyār 1461 Seleucid, which is May 1150 CE. Described by Moshe Yagur …

   1 Translation 2 Discussions

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   • conversion
   • inheritance
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4. 4

   Legal documentENA 2560.6

   Document Date

   1532 Seleucid (1220 — 1221 CE)

   In PGP since

   2017

   PGP ID

   11208

   Court notebook. Location: Fustat. The tall pages are unusual for court notebooks. Contains 7 entries. Dated: 1532 Seleucid, which is 1220/21 CE. The scribe seems …

   1 Translation 1 Discussion

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   • bastard
   • conversion
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5. 5

   Legal documentT-S K25.166

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   2017

   PGP ID

   8536

   Outline/draft of the marriage contract (ketubba) and trousseau list of the groom ʿOvadya b. Elʿazar and the bride Mubāraka bt. Avraham, a proselyte woman. Marriage …

   1 Discussion

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   • conversion
   • ketubba
   • trousseau
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6. 6

   Legal documentT-S NS 297.58

   In PGP since

   2022

   PGP ID

   35099

   Possibly a certificate of conversion to Islam. In Arabic script. May be part of a will (says "bi-amri hādhihi l-waṣiyya" in the last preserved line). …

   No Scholarship Records

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   • christians
   • conversion
   • sicily
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7. 7

   State documentENA 3287.5

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   2022

   PGP ID

   35675

   Petition from Naṣir b. Bū l-Faraj, who converted to Islam (ihtadā) under (ʿalā yad) Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn(?) (but perhaps different from the actual Saladin?) in the …

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   • conversion
   • petition
   • saladin
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8. 8

   LetterT-S 10J10.3

   In PGP since

   2004

   PGP ID

   5275

   Letter from Efrayim b. Ya'aqov. A man named Ibn al-Qābisī, who was banned from the Jewish community in four different cities in Iberia, arrived in …

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   1. תקדמת כתבי אליכם אטאל אללה [ וקד אנפדת]
   2. בן גראח אבו בכר בכתבי אליכם ו[ ]
   3. ובמא גרא תם גרא סאעה [ ]
   4. יהודי בארכו ת[ ]
   5. אלדיאן בתחדיד ביינה {ו}שהאד…

   1 Transcription 1 Discussion

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   • apostasy
   • conversion
   • excommunication
   • yeshiva
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9. 9

   Legal documentMoss. VII,178.1

   In PGP since

   1989

   PGP ID

   2769

   Responsum of Maimonides addressed to his brother-in-law al-Shaykh al-Thiqa. Answers a legal query about how to deal with the ketubba of a divorcee who had …

   1. תנעם חצרה אכי ווליי אלשיך אלתקה
   2. אלאמין ותוגה ען אלשיך אלחבר שצ
   3. ותעלמה אנה לא יגוז לה בוגה אן ישהד
   4. ענד קאצי אלמסלמין בכתובה הדה
   5. אלפושעת בל תכון חגתה …

   2 Transcriptions 1 Translation 2 Discussions

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   • apostate
   • conversion
   • maimonides autograph
   • responsum
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10. 10

    LetterT-S K25.244

    In PGP since

    1989

    PGP ID

    1344

    Letter from an ardent supporter to Daniel b. ʿAzarya. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 1055 CE (per Goitein). This is the first leaf of a longer …

    Recto

    1. ב(שמך) ר(חמנא)
    2. וצל כתאב סידנא אלראיס אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה וכבת באלדול חסדתה
    3. ועדאה וגעלהם מן כל סו פידאה וגמל אלאומה בבקאה ותבת פי
    4. איאמה מואעי…

    2 Transcriptions 3 Translations 2 Discussions

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    • communal
    • condolence
    • conflict
    • conversion
    • daniel b. azarya
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11. 11

    Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1380

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    2020

    PGP ID

    27925

    Court notebook, probably. Bifolium. Entries in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably pertaining to the Qaraite court that convened in the Dar Simḥa synagogue (here called Dār Ibn Sameaḥ). …

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    • adultery
    • conversion
    • court notebook
    • dar simha
    • hammam
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12. 12

    Literary textT-S NS 298.6 + ENA 4012.1 + BL OR 5552.4–4a

    In PGP since

    2018

    PGP ID

    6078

    Polemic against the house of the exilarch. Dating: 1040–41 CE. After a disagreement between Kafnai, Bustanay's father, and his father in law, the head of …

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    • bustanay
    • conversion
    • exilarch
    • literary with documentary value
    • nasis
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13. 13

    Legal documentT-S Ar.40.96

    In PGP since

    2017

    PGP ID

    8268

    Legal query probably addressed to a Muslim jurisconsult. In Arabic script. Concerning a Jewish woman whose husband converted to Islam and later traveled to India, …

    2 Transcriptions 1 Translation 1 Discussion

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    • aguna
    • conditional divorce
    • conversion
    • fatwa
    • india
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14. 14

    LetterT-S 12.305

    In PGP since

    2017

    PGP ID

    3125

    Letter from the physician Yosef, in Alexandria, to the physician Abū l-Faraj b. Abū l-Barakāt (c/o Abū l-Faraj al-Sharābī), in al-Sūq al-Kabir, Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, …

    1. בש רח
    2. קד עלם אללה סבחאנה שדת שוקי אלי חצרה מולאי וסידי אטאל אל
    3. בקאה ואדאם עזה ועלאה וגעלני מן כל סו פדאה גמע אללה
    4. ביננא עלי אסר חאל במנה וגודה אן שא…

    1 Transcription 1 Translation 2 Discussions

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    • bloodletting
    • books
    • bread
    • conversion
    • muhtasib
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15. 15

    LetterT-S AS 152.360

    In PGP since

    2017

    PGP ID

    8638

    Recto: Letter in Hebrew. Dating: early 13th century, based on the mention of the Judge Anaṭoli in the penultimate line. The sender is apparently a …

    1 Discussion

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    • adultery
    • bribe
    • byzantium
    • christians
    • conversion
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16. 16

    LetterT-S 12.372

    In PGP since

    1990

    PGP ID

    1658

    Letter from Yūsuf b. Faraḥ al-Qābisī, in Alexandria, to his nephew Abū l-Surūr Faraḥ b. Ismāʿīl b. Faraḥ, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: September 6, …

    1. יולדי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם נעמאך וכאן לך ומעך ולי וחאפץ
    2. (מן אלאסכנד)ריה לי' בקין מן אלול כתמה אללה עליך יולדי באלכיר וערפך
    3. .....כתא)בי א…

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    • arabic address
    • conversion
    • customs tax
    • flax
    • illness
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