Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Byzantine-Jewish economic history
- 2 Byzantine Jews throughout the Mediterranean: fluidity and exchange
- 3 The inner economy of the Jewish communities
- 4 The integrated Jewish economy
- 5 Byzantine-Jewish trade in the Commercial Revolution
- 6 Conclusion: a new perspective on Byzantine economic history
- Appendix A MS translations
- Appendix B MS images
- Sources consulted
- Index
Appendix A - MS translations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 March 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Byzantine-Jewish economic history
- 2 Byzantine Jews throughout the Mediterranean: fluidity and exchange
- 3 The inner economy of the Jewish communities
- 4 The integrated Jewish economy
- 5 Byzantine-Jewish trade in the Commercial Revolution
- 6 Conclusion: a new perspective on Byzantine economic history
- Appendix A MS translations
- Appendix B MS images
- Sources consulted
- Index
Summary
T-S 13 J 11.4
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1 Peace from on high and blessings that [flourish] like the grass of the hills, like drops from Heaven and the fishes of the depths.
2 Strength and vigor, grace, lovingkindness and mercy, and long life, like the father of the multitude who lived a full life
3 and like him who was bound on the mountain supernal, and like Jacob, a man of perfection and a dreamer of dreams, and like him who sprinkles its blood
4 seven times. May all blessings come and occur, be bound unto and set upon, the heads of my brothers
5 Mar Solomon and Abu Sa‘id, gentle and deeply missed brothers, from me, Maliha, your sister,
6 and my small daughter who is called Zoë, who pays her respects to you. We are alive, and they have assured me by
7 the Rock of our redemption that you are, too, in happiness without mishap, rejoicing without pressures, in contentedness
8 and advantage, without sorrow or lament. Would that I could write you that I am well, but I am not well,
9 because at this moment, I'll tell you, my soul is restless in my heart, my step has faltered, my bones
10 tremble, and my strength has melted away, for I have been separated from you now a number of years. Great is
11 my yearning to see you face to face, and I would run at the pace of a lion
12 and rush [to see you]. Indeed I say, “Would that I had the wings of a dove,” that I might take wing and be rejoined with
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- Byzantine Jewry in the Mediterranean Economy , pp. 215 - 228Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009