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Cairo Genizah : Bible translation; legal document

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Recto: Judaeo-Arabic translation of Psalms 1:5-6; 2:1-4 with Hebrew incipits. Verso: legal document in the hand of Nathan b. Solomon, confirming that Abū Faḍāʾil b. Salāma b. Saʿīd has received from Abū ʿAlī al-Jubaylī the sum of 10 dinars (7 and one eighth in gold and 3 in silver). Dated 1st Ḥešvan 143[.] of the Seleucid era (= 1125 CE). Note with a request to find suitable Bible verses for a ceremony of thanksgiving after returning home safely from a voyage. Signed by Nathan ha-Kohen b. Solomon ha-Kohen and Saʿadya b. Manasseh ha-Kohen.</p>

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