Language:
English
Year of publication:
2013
Titel der Quelle:
Sefarad
Angaben zur Quelle:
73,1 (2013) 97-131
Keywords:
Yom Tov ben Ḥannah
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Jews History 14th century
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Jews
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Christian converts from Judaism History To 1500
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Hebrew literature, Medieval
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Montalbán (Spain)
Abstract:
A study and edition of a letter written in Hebrew rhymed prose, contained in the epistolographic formulary by Yom Tov Ben Hannah, scribe to the Jewish community of Montalbán, in Aragon. It was written a few years after 1391 by the scribe on behalf of the local "aljama". The letter was sent to the trustees of the Jewish community of Daroca; its purpose was to collect money from Yosef Caro, a Jewish smith who had fled there from Montalbán following a dispute with another smith who was an apostate. A reading of the Hebrew text shows that the confliict goes beyond a simple dispute between craftsmen, and involves a clash between Jews and their former brethren. This phenomenon resulting from the mass conversion is corroborated by a Hebrew poem by this scribe which is presented here in addition. The poem reflects the tension between Jews and Conversos in the aftermath of the 1391 riots.
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