[Part of Sefer Maʹalot ha-midot, an ethical treatise] : manuscript

Name:

Anav, Jehiel ben Jekuthiel ben Benjamin, active 13th century

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1200s

Language:

Hebrew

Provenance:

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).; Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).; Friedenwald.

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Subject:

Jewish ethics -- Early works to 1800; Jewish ethics; Jewish philosophy -- Early works to 1800; Jewish philosophy; Philosophy, Medieval

Resource Type:

Text

Physical Description:

2 fols. : non-consecutive, nearly complete; orn. dev.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Chapter ending copied in decorative form of an inverted triangle; chapter headings, endings, and catchwords at end of both versi are decorated.; Fol. 1 is on the messianic era and the revival of the dead (as one unit), probably from near the end of the first chapter "Knowledge of God", similar to, in the published edition.; Fol. 1 recto has a word added between the lines, possibly by the scribe. Fol 2 recto has two corrections in the margin, written in a different hand.; Fol. 2, recto contains the end of chapter 5 "Acts of Kindness" (גמילות חסד), starting, in the above edition, p. 85 l. 10. Verso contains the beginning of the 6th chapter, "Charity", up to p. 87 l. 2.; Jerusalem: Sefer Maʹalot ha-midot. Jerusalem : Eshkol, 1978, (from the autograph ms. British Library 828) pp. 32-33. The text here differs from the common edition, including different sources and structure.; Hebrew. Hebrew

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Genizah Fragments, Halper 435

Collection:

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