ISBN:
9789004514348
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 273 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
Year of publication:
2022
Series Statement:
Études sur le judaïsme médiéval volume 92
Series Statement:
Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2022
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The Ma‘asé-Ester. A Judeo-Provençal poem about Queen Esther : A Critical Edition with Commentary
Keywords:
Ester Biblische Person
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Jüdische Literatur
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Judenprovenzalisch
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Purimfest
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Geschichte 1350
Abstract:
The Ma‘asé-Ester , “Esther’s affairs”, is a 14th-century Judeo-Provençal poem on the story of Esther, intended for a recital during the banquet for Purim . The short poem – recently discovered in the single manuscript that preserves it – is a new precious document that enriches a small corpus of medieval Judeo-Provençal texts. This book offers the first critical edition of the complete text accompanied by a detailed study of the sources and the language. It guides us in understanding why the story of Esther became such a popular theme in 14th-century Provence, and in what way the Avignon Papacy and the studies on Moses Maimonides influenced this literary novelty
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Editor’s Note -- Introduction -- 1 Judeo-Provençal Texts on Queen Esther: Dates and Context -- 2 Narrating Purim in Medieval Provence: Wine Songs and Prayers -- 3 Esther, an Inspirational Example of Provençal Jews -- 4 Roman d’ Esther : Text, Author, Audience -- 5 Biblical Inspiration and Jewish Themes -- 6 Romanz and Romance Themes -- 7 The Omniscient Author, the Modernization and the Irony -- 8 Maʿasé-Ester or “Esther’s Affairs” -- 9 Text, Content and Style -- 10 Metrical Structure -- 11 Between Oral Tradition and Authorial Rearrangement -- 12 A Text in Search of an Author -- The Maʿasé-Esther : Text and Commentary -- 1 The Text -- 2 Alterations in the Manuscript -- 3 Maʿasé-Esther -- 1 Text -- 2 Notes to the Text -- 4 Linguistic Study -- 1 Phonetics: Vocalism -- 2 Phonetics: Consonantism -- 3 Morphology -- 4 Syntax -- 5 Vocabulary -- 5 Glossary of Provençal Terms -- 6 Glossary of Hebrew Terms -- 7 Transcription of the Manuscript Text -- 8 Transcription in Latin Letters -- 9 The Codex unicus -- 1 The ms. Rome, Casanatense 3140 -- 2 Physical Description of the Manuscript and the Scripts -- 3 Structure -- 4 State of Preservation -- 5 Decorations, Notes and Annotations to the Text -- 6 A Composite Manuscript -- 7 Story of a Book and of the Person Who Wrote it -- 8 Watermarks -- 9 Ms. Rome, Casanatense 3140: Photo-Reproductions of Fols. 190 v –192 r -- Bibliography -- Index of Special Terms.
Note:
This book is the first edition and detailed study of a recently discovered 14th-century Judeo-Provençal poem on the story of Esther. The book makes an important contribution in several fields of studies, especially Jewish Studies, Romance Philology, History of Provençal Jews
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Acknwledgements: This work comes from a redrafting of my doctoral thesis
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Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004514348
