CONTENTS: The University Museum Hebrew Manuscripts       [contents] 
(Index prepared by Robert A. Kraft: copyright R.A.Kraft 1990)
  
     Museum Number   Identification                           Page
  
BIBLICAL TEXTS
  
.01  E 16250 paper   Gen 29.27b - 30.14, 31.10b-29
.02  E 16508 leather Portions of Gen. 50.17b - Ex. 3.2
.03  E 16512 leather Ex. 21.35 - 23.16
.04  E 16511 leather Ex. 37.9-15, 37.15-22 on one side
                     Ex. 37.22-25 on reverse
.05  E 16515 paper   Lev. 1.4-17
.06  E 16514 leather Esther 1.12b-22
.07  E 16507 leather Ezek  in Palestinian Aramaic (underwriting 
                       of palimpsest; overwriting = Bereshit Rabba) 
  
RABBINIC TREATISES
  
.08  E 16507 leather Bereshit Rabba (overwriting of palimpsest; 
                       underwriting = Ezek in Palestinian Aramaic)
.09  E 16523 paper   "`Ein Yaqob" commentary
.10  E 16504 paper   Arabic commentary on Leviticus with
                       Hebrew text
.11  E 16520 paper   Halakah--Code of Maimonides (?)
  
PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL TREATISES 
  
.12 E 16506 leather Arabic in Hebrew characters-- theological 
                      treatise
  
LITURGICAL MATERIALS -- PUBLIC
  
.13  E 16510 leather Hebrew prayer with phrases from Psalms 
                       (reverse = legal document; see below #22)
.14  E 16518 paper   Prayer book
.15  E 16519 paper   Liturgical work
.16  E 16521 paper   Hebrew with Arabic colophon--collection
                       of prayers for the 9th day of Ab 
  
LITURGICAL MATERIALS -- PRIVATE 
  
.17  E 16275 leather Amulet or phylactery 
.18  E 16505 leather Amulet--colored inks 
.19  E 16513 leather Kabbalistic fragment--amuletic (?) 
.20  E 16524 leather Slip from hand Tefillin
  
DOCUMENTARY MATERIALS 
  
.21  E 16509 leather Ketubah--marriage contract; dated 1719 
.22  E 16510 leather Hebrew-Arabic; legal document
               (reverse = Hebrew prayer and verses from Psalms) 
.23  E 16516* paper  Letter; 11th C.
.24  E 16517* paper  Letter; Judaeo-Arabic
.25  E 16522* paper  Letter; Judaeo-Arabic
  
UNIDENTIFIED
  
.26  E 16525 leather Cursive "pseudo-language" (see ##27-28)
.27  E 16526 leather Hebrew traces (underwriting; 
                       "pseudo-language" overwriting) 
.28  E 16527 leather Hebrew traces both sides (one side has 
                       "pseudo-language" overwriting) 
  
  
 * See extensive descriptions by S. D. Goitein in JQR 49 (1958/59)
  

Note: L 5528, a collection of Tefillin cases, is not described in 
      this inventory catalogue. 
  

CONTENTS:  The Lea Library Hebrew Manuscripts       [lealib]
  
  (See B. Halper, Descriptive Catalogue of Genizah Fragments
                  in Philadelphia. Dropsie College, 1924) 
  
     Halper #  Library #   Identification\1/
               892.1C 
  
  Biblical and Related Materials\2/ 
  
       54      .10        Rashi's commentary on Gen. 41.8-23
       57      .09        Kimhi's commentary on Ezek. 1.21,22;
                            Ezek. 1.24,25 
       60      .06        Jewish-Arabic allegorical commentary
                            on Song of Songs 2.1-11; 5.7-14 
       67      .01        Jewish-Arabic lexicon of the Bible
       72      .30        Jewish-Arabic treatise on Hebrew grammar
  
  Rabbinic Material\3/
  
       77      .02 leath  Part of Pirke Abot 1.6 - 2.3
      122      .27        Book of Precepts in Jewish-Arabic 
      128      .21        Maimonides' Yad ha-Hazakah. Hilkot
                            Talmud Torah 4.7-5.3
      131      .11        Maimonides' Yad ha-Hazakah. Issure Bi`ah
      139      .23        Compendium of Talmudic laws, probably 
                            by Samuel b. Hofni
      140      .12 leath  Compendium of laws on Sabbath 
      141      .05        Jewish-Arabic treatise on laws of 
                            Terefah 
      153      .25        Jewish-Arabic discussion of Talmudic
                            subjects
  
  Liturgy 
  
      171      .29        Jewish-Arabic treatise on law and 
                            ceremonies
      206      .17        Prayer book for Day of Atonement
      207      .20        Jewish-Arabic directions for ritual of
                            Hosha`na Rabba and Shemini Aseret 
      219      .26        Two liturgical poems, probably for a
                            funeral 
      226      .08        Part of a prayer book with directions in
                            Jewish-Arabic; Karaitic ritual for
                            Purim--contains Esther and Psalms 
      230      .03        Part of Ibn Gebirol's Keter Malkut
      242      .18        Part of collection of Selihot 
      246      .13        Part of collection of Selihot; probably 
                            belongs to Egyptian prayer book 
      254      .14        Part of a piyyut, based on Canticles and
                            read on Passover
      280      .15        Part of a collection of piyyutim
      297      .16        Part of a collection of dirges
      308      .28        Part of a long piyyut 
  
  "Kabbalah and Philosophy" 
  
      429      .22        Jewish-Arabic part of ethical treatise
      430      .24        Jewish-Arabic philosophical work
      431      .04        Jewish-Arabic treatise; writer explains 
                            Psalm 119.33 and digresses to Psalm 8 
  
  "Medicine and Folklore" 
  
      444      .07        Jewish-Arab poemical work defending 
                            traditions of Rabbanites
      456      .19        Kabbalistic remedies and cures in 
                            Hebrew and Arabic 
  
  \1/An asterisk indicates "parchment" (leather) material;
all other items are paper.

  \2/Halper's heading is: "Bible (Texts, Translations,
Commentaries, Glosses, and Grammar)." 
  
  \3/Halper's heading is: "Talmud, Midrash, and Halakah." 
  
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