Abstract
Abstract This zuta provides an edition of a new copy of a known piyyut by Abraham ibn Ezra, ‘Goat beautiful of voice’ (יַעְלָה יְפַת קוֹל), with translation, full collation, and commentary. This copy, now in the collection of the University of Michigan (P.Mich. inv. 531), offers some valuable new readings as well as evidence for the readership of Ibn Ezra in a provincial setting in medieval Egypt, as its provenance can be traced to the city of Medinet el-Fayyūm; the text can be added to evidence for a Jewish presence there, of which an overview is also given.
Highlights
A paper sheet with a copy of a liturgical poem by Abraham ibn Ezra (1093–1167) is kept in the papyrus collection of the University of Michigan
After an introductory discussion of M, its critical significance, and its context of copying and use, we present an edition and annotated translation of the poem; the edition includes a full comparison with the other known copies based on a re-collation of the four manuscripts used by Levin
Grenfell in March or April of 1920.3 Kelsey, in collaboration with an American missionary physician based in the Fayyūm region, David L
Summary
A paper sheet with a copy of a liturgical poem (piyyut) by Abraham ibn Ezra (1093–1167) is kept in the papyrus collection of the University of Michigan. Zellmann-Rohrer bears primary responsibility for the establishment and
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