House of David, 11th century?; שלשלת דוד המלך,המאה ה-11?

Name:

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library)

Timespan:

11th century

Date:

1000

Description:

Fragment of a document copy of the Davidic lineage (reading backward chronologically), beginning with Hezekiah, King of Judah, moving back until Seth (third son of Adam and Eve), likely as an educational document (perhaps for memorization); loss on most of the recto (with damage at the bottom, possibly a prayer; Arabic palimpsest visible through the lines at recto bottom). The fragment appears to have been torn from a codex, with the original gutter at recto left (the current recto was originally the verso). Written in (at least) nine long lines; paragraph break following end of text (recto); written in an eastern square script, possibly 11th century.

Language:

Hebrew

Provenance:

Formerly held in the Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College).; Transferred to the Cairo Genizah Collection (Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania).

Subject:

David, King of Israel; Jewish religious education; Manuscript fragments; David, King of Israel Genealogy; Manuscript fragments -- Specimens; Jewish religious education -- Middle East -- 11th century

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Specimens; Genealogy; Quotations; Manuscripts, Medieval; Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 11th century; Manuscripts, Arabic -- 11th century; Palimpsests (manuscripts); Fragments (object portions); Family histories

Physical Description:

1 leaf : paper

Geographic Subject:

Middle East

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

In Hebrew.

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS: RAR MS 82.313.1.6

Collection:

Cairo Genizah Collection