Schechter Letter
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Hebrew manuscript in the Taylor-Schechter collection
Described at
Cairo Genizah : Letter
Copy of a letter, supposedly to Ḥasday b. Šapruṭ, from a Khazar Jew describing the conversion of the Khazars to Judaism. Sometimes known as ‘the Schechter text’.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- manuscript
- Part of
- Cairo Geniza
- Named after
- Solomon Schechter
- Material used
- paper
- Location
- Cambridge University Library
- Image
- Pesach (General) in the Schechter Letter.png
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- language of work or name
- Medieval Hebrew
- facet of
- Khazars
- inventory number
- T-S Misc. 35.38
- described at URL
- cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-TS-MISC-00035-00038/2
- IIIF manifest URL
- cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-TS-MISC-00035-00038
- number of pages
- 2
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