Sefer Yetzirah · Cairo Genizah roll fragment · Cambridge T-S K 21.56 · NLI 990051214940205171
A Sefer Yetzirah catalogue lead with bibliography reporting partial translation.
Record reviewed 2026-11-05 ·
- Catalogue reference
- Cambridge T-S K 21.56 · NLI 990051214940205171
- Institution / route
- Cambridge University Library · Ktiv catalogue route
- Region / collection context
- Egypt / Cairo Genizah
- Language
- Hebrew
- Physical form
- Manuscript roll fragment
- Translation evidence
- Partial translation reported in catalogue bibliography
- Access route
- Source access to confirm
Open the institutional record
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What the record covers
T-S K 21.56 is part of the joined roll with T-S 32.5 and T-S 12.813. Bar-Asher’s 2023 Hebrew edition unit A3, p. 313 line 11, was inspected; its individual physical-fragment carrier remains to be collated.
Edition and translation
Bar-Asher 2023, Tarbiz 89, edition key p. 312 and Hebrew unit A3 p. 313. Hayman 2004 remains an English partial-translation report whose precise extent has not been checked.
The open research question
Match edition unit A3 to individual fragment images and obtain the selected Hayman pages. The joined-roll reading must not be assigned to T-S K 21.56 alone without collation.
Image and publication rights
Institution-hosted reading route. No image redistribution or new translation licence recorded for Babylon.
Dates and historical context
No numeric date has been assigned in this catalogue. A title, an ancient attribution or an older catalogue entry is insufficient to fix a date for the physical witness.
Dates for a copy or material do not automatically establish the date of composition, the events narrated, or a symbolic cycle.
Carry the reading into Babylon
Begin with the surviving words and the edition’s own uncertainty. Then explore Babylon’s named teaching with the Father and Yeshua at its devotional centre. Every reader keeps their dignity, judgement and freedom to question.
Learning in the Light
In Babylon, the Father’s light opens perspective, learning and a chosen next step. Your worth remains intact. Every person is sovereign, with dignity, freedom and room to grow.
Read the learning principle ↗Passage and translation coverage
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Passage and translation coverage ↗Read the selected passage study
Bar-Asher 2023 edition §א3 / A3 · printed p. 313, line 11 · Hebrew edition unit checked
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Bar-Asher 2023 edition §ב1 / B1 · printed p. 314, lines 23–25 · Hebrew edition unit checked
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