Firkovich Collection
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The Firkovich Collection is a renowned assemblage of Jewish manuscripts and documents, particularly Karaite and Hebrew texts, gathered in the 19th century by Abraham Firkovich and now housed in the National Library of Russia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Firkovich Collection canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish manuscript collection
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archival collection ⓘ manuscript collection ⓘ |
| acquisitionMethod |
donation
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field collecting ⓘ purchase ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Caucasian Jewish communities
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Crimean Karaites NERFINISHED ⓘ Karaite Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionFocus |
Hebrew manuscripts
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Jewish historical documents ⓘ Karaite manuscripts ⓘ |
| collector | Abraham Firkovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectorActivityPeriod | first half of the 19th century ⓘ |
| collectorOrigin | Crimea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectorReligiousAffiliation | Karaite ⓘ |
| contains |
Karaite liturgical texts
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biblical manuscripts ⓘ community records ⓘ epigraphic copies and inscriptions ⓘ legal documents ⓘ rabbinic manuscripts ⓘ |
| controversy | allegations of document falsification by Abraham Firkovich ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| curatedBy | National Library of Russia Oriental Manuscripts Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
First Firkovich Collection
NERFINISHED
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Second Firkovich Collection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 19th century ⓘ |
| languageOfMaterial |
Arabic
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Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Karaim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
St. Petersburg
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surface form:
Saint Petersburg
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| locatedInCountry | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | National Library of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Abraham Firkovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| repositoryIdentifier | National Library of Russia Firkovich Collections NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchUse |
critical editions of Hebrew Bible
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studies of Karaite law and liturgy ⓘ |
| significance |
important for the history of the Hebrew Bible text
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important for the study of Jewish epigraphy ⓘ major source for the study of Jewish communities in the Crimea and Caucasus ⓘ major source for the study of Karaite history ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
Jewish history
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Karaite studies ⓘ Semitic philology ⓘ biblical studies ⓘ |
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