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Bidding Information
Lot #    21618
Auction End Date    10/7/2008 10:58:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Commentary to the Pentateuch
Title (Hebrew)    פירוש חומש בראשית ושמות
Author    [Ms.]
City    [Hungary]?
Publication Date    1820's
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Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   200 plus ff., 404:260 mm., light age staining, ink on heavy paper, Ashkenazic script in double columns, not signed, small section dated 1824.
          
Detailed
Description
   An apparently unpublished extensive commentary to the Pentateuch, Parts I and II, by an Hungarian or Bohemian rabbi. Several Hungarian names are signed on the initial two ff. The writer frequently mentions the Alsheikh, his own identity however remains anonymous. A beautiful manuscript.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    Hungary
  
Subject
Bible:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Other:    Commentary
  
Kind of Judaica