Letter from Felsenthal, B. to Morais, Sabato. Chicago, IL; Feb 1877
- Title
- Letter from Felsenthal, B. to Morais, Sabato. Chicago, IL; Feb 1877
- Date Created
- 2 February 1877
- Format
- 2 pages on 1 sheet
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 2, Folder 4
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- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3gh9bv27/manifest.json
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- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
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- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx2FF4_10.xml
- content
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237 S. Desplaines St.
Chicago, Febr. 2. 1877.
Rev. S. Morais
Dear Sir,
Yesterday I happened to meet Mr. Kunreuther on the street, and he told me that, according to a letter from you, Luzzatto's Pentateuch has already been mailed to him. I am glad that this is so. For now I shall have an opportunity to enjoy myself with the reading of the commentary of [Hebrew], the great [Hebrew] Mr. K. will be kind enough to let me have his copy.
I promised you, a few days ago, to substantiate my assertion that "[Hebrew]" is to be dissolved into [Hebrew], and not in [Hebrew]. I could devote but very little time to researches concerning this point, yet I believe that my opinion can be proven as correct by the scanty material on my hand.
The city of Sevilla appears in the Hebrew writings of the middle ages under the name of [Hebrew] or [Hebrew], so f. i. very often in the [Hebrew]; in [Hebrew] p. 131, a (the edition before me is sine loco et anno) in a document dated 1354, published in [Hebrew] I p. 15, and in numerous other places.
As to the name "[Hebrew]" (the Sevillian), it is formed analogously as the surnames [Hebrew] (from Florence) [Hebrew], (from Lunel[?]) [Hebrew] &c. &c.
In the [Hebrew] I find the [Hebrew] twice mentioned, viz: page 70, a. and 132, a; in both places as [Hebrew]. Mark the [Hebrew] in [Hebrew] (the Sevillian), and remember that sometimes we find it construed with the Arabic article ([Hebrew]). R. Joseph Karo often cites opinions of [Hebrew] in his [Hebrew], as f. i. ad [Hebrew] If now Aguilar thinks fit to remark [Hebrew] [Hebrew] he makes a supposed correction which is [Hebrew] [Hebrew]. The reading of [Hebrew] he has misunder-stood. It is true that Aguilar was a thorough con-noisseur of our Hebrew literature, and he is in most cases reliable. Yet he is not free from mistakes. So, f. i. in regard to [Hebrew] he makes repeats the statement of the author of [Hebrew], that R. Meir Halevi was the teacher of [Hebrew]. But this cannot have been the case, as [Hebrew] died already 1244, long before the time of the Sevillian [Hebrew] 216 [Hebrew]. Permit me to add also that Graetz (VIII p. 352), Zunz (Zur Geschichte, p. 379), Roest (in his catalogue [Hebrew] p. 153), Steinschneider (in [Hebrew] I. p. 116) mention [Hebrew] with adding the words: "aus Sevilla." So it seems, I do not stand alone with my explanation of the term [Hebrew] or [Hebrew].
I am, dear Sir, very resp'y yours
B. Felsenthal - Identifier
- p3gh9bv27
- identifier
- SMBx2FF4_10
Part of Letter from Felsenthal, B. to Morais, Sabato. Chicago, IL; Feb 1877
Felsenthal, B. and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Felsenthal, B. to Morais, Sabato. Chicago, IL; Feb 1877”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed October 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/86347