A Previously Unpublished Letter of Introduction by an Andalusi Karaite (T-S 8J41.7)

  1. Martínez Delgado, José 1
  2. Ashur, Amir 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Granada (UGR)
  2. 2 Tel Aviv University
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Journal:
Miscelánea de estudios árabes y hebraicos. Sección de hebreo

ISSN: 1696-585X

Year of publication: 2021

Issue: 70

Pages: 193-207

Type: Article

DOI: 10.30827/MEAHHEBREO.V70.22581 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

El documento que nos ocupa es una carta de presentación escrita por un judío andalusí caraíta al llegar a Egipto en su camino a Jerusalén. El texto, que fue depositado en la Guenizá de El Cairo, se encuentra actualmente en la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Cambridge en la Colección Taylor-Schechter (Genizah Research Unit). Aunque no está fechado, el texto tiene la particularidad de ser la única carta conocida escrita por un andalusí que se presenta a sí mismo como caraíta, por lo que es una confirmación en primera persona de la presencia de este grupo religioso en al-Andalus.

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Funding information

?This work was done under the auspices of the research project, Legado Judeo-Árabe de al-Andalus: Patrimonio Lingüístico (Reference PGC2018-094407-B-I00), funded by the ERDF / Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades – Agencia Estatal de Investigación. We wish to thank Prof. M.A Friedman, Dr. Rachel Hasson and Alan Elbaum for their comments.

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