Arhavta Kadishta (Fragments of the Samaritan Bible). Contains: Genesis 45: 14-46, 24; 48: 18-49, 32; Exodus 25: 30-26, 22; 28: 21-30, 37

AUCTION 15 | Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 at 1:00

Fine Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 489

(SAMARITAN BIBLE).

Arhavta Kadishta (Fragments of the Samaritan Bible). Contains: Genesis 45: 14-46, 24; 48: 18-49, 32; Exodus 25: 30-26, 22; 28: 21-30, 37

Square Samaritan Script. On Vellum. D.S. Sassoon stamp on first leaf pp.12. Browned and stained, each vellum sheet remargined, creased and rubbed in places, repairs to f.2. Modern boards. Folio

Samaria: 14th Century

Est: $7,000 - $10,000

PRICE REALIZED $8,500

Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, Important Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts, from the Collection Formed by the Late David Solomon Sassoon, New York, 12th May, 1981, Lot 115 The Samaritan Bible has numerous variations from the authoritative Masoretic text. A critical edition of the Samaritan Pentateuch was published by Chaim Heller in 1923. See DAVID SOLOMON SASSOON, Ohel Dawid. Descriptive Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the Sassoon Library (1932) Vol. II: no. 32, p. 584.