(INDIAN JUDAICA)

J. Smith

Cambridge

1812

Buchanan, Claudius and Yeates, Thomas. Collation of an Indian Copy of the Hebrew Pentateuch…also a Collation and Description of a Ms. Roll of the Book of Esther; and the Megillah of Ahasuerus, from the Hebrew Copy Originally Extant in Brazen Tablets at Goa, on the Malabar Coast

Vinograd, Cambridge 4

Gentile Bible scholars were relentless in their search for Torah scrolls that they believed might predate the standard Masoretic text. To this end, they combed the earth searching for scrolls from the most remote Jewish communities. Thus the two English savants Buchanan and Yeates, not satisfied with Dr. Kennicott's extensive Bible researches, meticulously transcribed the text of this ancient Torah written on dyed red goatskins from the Malabar Coast of India. As an appendix, they added the complete text of Megillath Ahasuerus from an Indian manuscript, adding English translation alongside