רשומה קשורה ל-טקסט ספרותי: T-S Ar.5.1
טקסט ספרותי T-S Ar.5.1- ציטוט
- S. D. Goitein, "Books: Migrant and Stationary. A Geniza Study," in Occident and Orient: A Tribute to the Memory of Alexander Scheiber (E.J. Brill, 1988), 179-98.
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- ציטוט
- S. D. Goitein, unpublished index cards (1950–85), #11013. Princeton Geniza Lab, Princeton University.
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Translator: Goitein, S. D. (in English)
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S. D. Goitein, "Books: Migrant and Stationary. A Geniza Study," in Occident and Orient: A Tribute to the Memory of Alexander Scheiber (E.J. Brill, 1988), 179-98.
- I, the bookcase (speak to you:) open me and study whatever you find in me.
- I am exalted and esteemed more than any other case because of that which is inside me.
- In other cases they keep silver and gold or precious clothing, things that are of no avail and do not save from the flames of hellfire.
- But I, the bookcase, keep the tree guarded in Paradise, which belongs to the beloved.
- "What has the straw to do with the wheat?!" In me he keeps (the Torah).
- Turn here and contemplate the perfection of her words and say to her: be (fem.) my confidant, brother, and kin.
- I, the Torah, am of supreme beauty, no blemish is in me.
- How many are the pleasures and enjoyments to be found in me.
- Every man is seeking three things in life, but cannot obtain them except through me:
- Pleasures and enjoyments, combined with greatness, esteem, and praise, and escape from all worries and misfortunes.
- They are called "my cherished, my dear ones."
- I have something else, a fourth thing, which is not … … … , but is treasured in me:
- And what is it? Eternal life, which will never be taken away, as He (God) has said through his precious man:
- "Many of those who are asleep in the dusty earth will awake, these to eternal life," which is reserved for those who desire me.
- That life, too, brings honor, greatness, and radiant faces, namely, to those who have become knowledgeable through me.
- (As it is written:) "The knowledgeable will be resplendent like the brightness of the firmament and those who guide the many to righteousness will be like the stars forever."
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