Halaḵa (T-S 10K6)
MS A of the Damascus Document. Folios 1-8 contain the Admonition, parts of which corresponding to folios 7-8 are also found in T-S 16.311 (MS B); folios 9-16 contain the Laws. First identified by Schechter (1910) as a fragment of a ‘Zadokite work’, a Second Temple era priestly composition exhorting the members of a breakaway sect to follow righteousness and adhere to various laws, this identification was later confirmed by the 1947 discovery of same text among the Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran. The Genizah manuscripts of the Damascus Document exhibit differences both with each other and with the versions found at Qumran.
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- Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
- Classmark: T-S 10K6
- Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
- Date of Creation: 10th century
- Language(s): Hebrew (sporadic Tiberian and Babylonian vocalisation)
- Note(s): Fols 3-8 are ruled.; Associated manuscripts: T-S 16.311
- Extent: 8 leaves (2 bifolia and 4 separate leaves). Leaf height: 18-22.2 cm, width: 17.5-18.4 cm.
- Material: Paper
- Condition: slightly torn, holes, rubbed
- Layout: 20-23 lines
- Provenance: Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
- Funding: The digitisation of the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection has been sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.
- Author(s) of the Record: CUL
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- Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
- Classmark: T-S 10K6
- Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
- Date of Creation: 10th century
- Language(s): Hebrew (sporadic Tiberian and Babylonian vocalisation)
- Note(s): Fols 3-8 are ruled.; Associated manuscripts: T-S 16.311
- Extent: 8 leaves (2 bifolia and 4 separate leaves). Leaf height: 18-22.2 cm, width: 17.5-18.4 cm.
- Material: Paper
- Condition: slightly torn, holes, rubbed
- Layout: 20-23 lines
- Provenance: Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
- Funding: The digitisation of the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection has been sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.
- Author(s) of the Record: CUL
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