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

Estimate: $7,000–$10,000
Hammer price: $8,500

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(SAMARITAN BIBLE).

Place

Samaria

Publication

14th Century

Description

Square Samaritan Script. On Vellum. D.S. Sassoon stamp on first leaf

summary

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.

pp.12. Browned and stained, each vellum sheet remargined, creased and rubbed in places, repairs to f.2. Modern boards. Folio

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