{"product_id":"the-ma-ase-ester-a-judeo-provencal-poem-about-queen-esther-a-critical-edition-with-commentary-9789004514225","title":"The Ma‘asé-Ester. A Judeo-Provençal poem about Queen Esther: A Critical Edition with Commentary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  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","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210843283799,"sku":"9789004514225","price":105.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ma-ase-ester-a-judeo-provencal-poem-about-queen-esther-a-critical-edition-with-commentary-9789004514225","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}