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JTS MS L533
11th–14th c. · The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary
A bound collection of large-format Cairo Genizah Bible fragments (42 leaves, 46.2 × 37.5 cm) in Oriental Hebrew square hand spanning roughly the 11th to 14th centuries. Includes textual fragments from across the Tanakh — the Pentateuch, Judges, 1 Samuel, 1 Kings, Ezekiel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, and Nehemiah. Acquired by E. N. Adler and brought to JTS in 1922.
- Place of origin
- Cairo Genizah
- Provenance
- Ben Ezra Synagogue, Fustat → E. N. Adler → JTS (1922)
- Holding institution
- The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary
- Image attribution
- Image courtesy of The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary (MS L533). Part of the Louis and Adele Ginzberg Talmud and Rabbinics Digital Manuscript Collection, supported by the Lawrence-Gould Family.
