Record of Testimony (Jerusalem)

This document, joined from two Geniza fragments, presents the record of a testimony offered in a Jerusalem court in 1030 concerning a miraculous dream shared by the chief judge of Ramla, Joseph al-Sijilmāsī, and his father. Joseph encountered the biblical prophets Moses, Aaron, and Samuel, who urged him to warn the community of impending disaster. The story that this text tells is replete with typological numbers and symbols. The text urges that this story be retold, but the outcome of these events remains unclear. This document suggests that Jewish society in the eleventh century was heavily invested in dream visions, and even presents them as official testimony in court.