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Lot #
26010
Auction End Date
2/16/2010 11:43:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
Title Information
Title (English)
Sabbath Hymns
Title (Hebrew)
שירים לשבת
Author
[Ms. - Judeo Persian]
City
[Persia]
Publication Date
19th cent.
Collection Information
Independent Item
This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
Description Information
Physical
Description
[24] ff., 144:95 mm., oblong, usual age and use staining, ink on paper, 11 lines per page, Persian block letters with points, bound in contemporary leather boards, rubbed. Complete and
Detailed
Description
Collection of Sabbath hymns in Hebrew with Judeo-Persian instructions and points. Many of these songs are unique to this population. The Persian community dates back to Biblical times and has for centuries followed their traditional ways of religious life, not being influenced by external trends and currents. Lacking the printing press these sheltered communities employed scribes to write their religious prayer and study books. Some customs in the prayer rites go back to the prayer book of R. Saadiah Ga'on. From the 16th century on the Kabbalah and especially later its Lurianic school and system found its way to Persia and influenced Jewish literary production in the areas of commentaries to the Bible, prayers, and liturgic poetry. All of this rich history is reflected in this work.
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:
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Location
Other:
Persia
Subject
Liturgy:
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Characteristic
Language:
Hebrew
Manuscript Type
Kind of Judaica
