Origins

Probably Byzantine, 10–12th c.; found in Cairo Genizah

Provenance

Ben Ezra Synagogue, Fostat, Egypt. Taken to Cambridge by S. Schechter, 1896–97

Contents

Judges 8:12–9:54 with Greek glosses in Greek characters.

Codicology

Vellum; 24.5 x 22.6 cm; 2 cols; 1 leaf with a stub or talon. 30–31 lines; mutilated and rubbed with small pieces of text missing or illegible.

Palaeography

Hebrew: square Hebrew characters. Greek: modified majuscule hand.

Bibliography

Davis, M. C., Hebrew Bible manuscripts in the Cambridge Genizah collections, 2, Cambridge, 1980.