Three Early Manuscript Leaves from a Genizah – Aggadah on the Amidah Prayer / Philosophical Composition on Divine ...

Three Early Manuscript Leaves from a Genizah – Aggadah on the Amidah Prayer / Philosophical Composition on Divine Providence
Three early manuscript leaves from a genizah:
• Manuscript leaf (2 pages), Aggadat Tefillat Shemoneh Esreh Brachot. [The Orient, 12th/13th century]. Semi-square Oriental script.
Section from an Aggadah on the Amidah prayer, based on an interpretation of the verse: "A prayer for a poor man when he enwraps himself and pours out his speech before G-d" (Psalms 102, 1). This work probably belongs to Geonic literature. The present leaf contains a parallel text to the one published by A. Jellinek, Beit HaMidrash V, pp. 54-56, with textual variations.
[1] leaf. 23 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Open tears and damage, affecting text, professionally restored.
Description based on a report (enclosed) by Mr. Shlomo Zucker, expert on Hebrew manuscripts.
• Two manuscript leaves (four pages), from an early, unknown philosophical composition. [The Orient, ca. 13th century]. Semi-cursive Oriental script.
This may be a section of a composition on the Rambam's Moreh Nevuchim. The author challenges the Aristotelian perception that there is no providence in this world, and supports the Rambam's opinion according to which there is providence "over the human race only". His explains this position at length, yet also criticizes it. The author later quotes the Baal HaMalmad, in reference to the work Malmad HaTalmidim by R. Yaakov son of R. Abba Mari son of R. Shimon son of R. Anatoli (a Provence Torah scholar in the 12th-13th centuries, son-in-law of R. Shmuel ibn Tibbon).
[2] leaves. Approx. 23 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Open tears and damage, affecting text, professionally restored.
Description based on a report (enclosed) by Mr. Shlomo Zucker, expert on Hebrew manuscripts.