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‘Amram ben Isaac
12th Century
‘Amram ben Isaac was a businessman active in Alexandria. In addition to expressions about his business concerns, extant letters preserve his worries about his wife’s illness, his reflections on contemporaneous cultural events, and his commitment to scholarship.
Content by ‘Amram ben Isaac
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Letter to Ḥalfon ben Nethanel (II)
After he began, they were able to comfort him and console him. And neither my grief nor the situation I was in was concealed. Except that my agony and harsh situation increased when Abu Yaqūb went to…
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Letter to Ḥalfon ben Nethanel (I)
To our honorable, splendid, glorious, great, and holy master and teacher, Ḥalfon Halevi of the clan of Kehat, the wise, sage, and respected nobleman who has feared heaven since he was a youth, the son…