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Bidding Information
Lot #    25437
Auction End Date    12/8/2009 12:39:30 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Serah Benai Hashmonai
Title (Hebrew)    שרח בני חשמונאי
Author    [Ms.]
City    North Africa
Publication Date    19th cent.
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [16] pp., 172:106 mm., light age and use staining, ink on blue paper, neat block letters with points.
          
Detailed
Description		    The story of the Maccabees and the miracle of Hannukah in Judeo- Arabic. Maccabees is the main, and at times the only, historical source for the period. The original Hebrew version seems to have disappeared quite early and all translations are based on the Greek.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    North Africa
  
Subject
History:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    Judeo-Arabic
  
Manuscript Type
Other:    Book
  
Kind of Judaica