Tag: tyre

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Tyrian marriage contract with a peculiar proposal formula borrowed from Malachi 2:14 (‘my companion and wife in covenant’). Mid eleventh century. (Information from CUDL)
Legal document. Location: Tyre. Dated: Thursday, 25 Shevaṭ 15[07] Seleucid, which is 1196 CE if reconstructed correctly. Muʿāfā/Yiṣḥaq b. Shemarya ha-Levi sued his brother Ibrāhīm concerning living arrangements in the house of the family, and in this document they reach a settlement. The case is interesting and rather convoluted; see Goitein's article for edition and analysis.
Marriage contract from Tyre, dated Tuesday, 19 Av, fifth year the sabbatical cycle (ca. 1054). The town of 'Ibillin is mentioned, and the document notes the bride is a divorcee. (Friedman, Jewish Marriage, vol. 2, 280) EMS