- ホーム
- > 洋書
- > 英文書
- > Religion / Ethics
Full Description
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.
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. 190v-192r
Bibliography
Index of Special Terms
