Monday, August 23, 2010

The 1830s Karaite Pentateuch with 'Language of Ishmael' translation.

Here's a detail from the Karaite Pentateuch חמשה חומשי תורה עם פירוש המלות בלשון ישמעאל של מחנה אלהים בני מקרא יע"א with Judeo-Tatar translation (1832-35), the printer being the Turkish house of עראפ אוגלו ובניו:



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3 comments:

  1. What's the piyyut?

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  2. It's a poem written by one of the translators/ editors. In this case, obviously, Yitchak ben Shemuel Kohen Yerushalmi (Chazak).

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  3. Do you have more of this scanned or do you know where I can acquire a copy?

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