Cincinnati Hebrew Union College Library Ms. 2187

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Heb31
Location	Cincinnati, Hebrew Union College Library
Siglum/Shelfmark	Ms. 2187
Page/Folio range

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	משלי סנדבר (Mishle Sendebar)
Incipit or textual title	Tafsir Sandabar, תפסיר משלי סנדבר ורד לשון שיר מי
Version (siglum)	Mishle Sendebar
└ Language Group within Version	Hebrew Mishle Sendebar
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
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Languages
Language of text	Persian, Hebrew
Regional or specific Language of text
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Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation	https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990001276060205171/NLI#$FL26872315
Modern Editions

Note
Note: Could not locate in Hebrew Union College catalogue. Neither NLI nor Spicehandler's article give a year for this text.

Authorship and Production
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Physical Description
Material
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	143
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Script style/form
Prose or verse
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	(1) Piyyutim by Israel Najjara (a) "לך תכלה עיני יי אוהבים: ומשותוקק" (To You, O Lord, my eyes long, and I yearn). Cf. 2109:7d. (b) "מי יתן אהבתני: אתה בכור בכור שנשתי" (Who will give me Your love: You, the Firstborn, whom I drank deeply). ZL, p. 241. (c) "ירוחק נדוד דור ונעמק: ואני בלתו" (A generation wanders afar and is deepened; I am without Him). ZL, p. 242. (d) "זה אמת חלשים הן על גיבור" (This is truth: the weak fall to the strong). ZL, p. 263; Bacher, p. 547, no. 13. (e) "ישראל יושע בה': עלה קול אמוני" (Israel is saved in the Lord: a voice of faith ascends). Cf. 2109:6a. (f) "זה ליוב אודה לשמך כי" (I will give thanks to Your Name for this). Bacher, p. 528, no. 12; ZL, p. 152. (g) "אזכיר דברי וצפוני דברי" (I will recall my words and the secret of my speech). ZL, p. 181. (h) "אמרתי אלה כל הרצויים" (I said these are all the desired ones). ZL, p. 5. (i) "הבירבון תני" (Havivron [possibly symbolic]). Bacher, p. 547, no. 11. (j) "אמר ירחיב דרור דורי ישראל" (It was said: He will widen the freedom of the generations of Israel). Cf. 2109:3a. (k) "מוציא שביש דרור דורי" (He brings forth liberty for the generation of generations). ZL, p. 197. (2) Poems by Israel Najjara for the Various Weekly Portions of the Torah. (3) "עשה גדל א' הרחמים, רב ברכות נשא איש" (Act with greatness, O Merciful One, the bearer of many blessings (4) "אלה הלחנות וסיפורי של שלש כנפי שדשוה" (These are the melodies and stories of the three holy wings). (Incomplete text). (5) "חמסין גבורי דוחן" (The mighty warriors of oppression). (6) "תפסיר משלי סנדבר ורד לשון שיר מי" (Tafsir [commentary] on the Parables of Sandabar, rendered into poetic language). (7) "מעשה די ירושלמי שהעתיק רבי אברהם בן ז'" (The tale of a Jerusalemite, transcribed by Rabbi Abraham ben Z.). Judeo-Persian (JP). (8) "וס נמ" (Begins with the middle of chapter 3).

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990001276060205171/NLI#$FL26872315
Modern Research Literature	Spicehandler (1968)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

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