TY - BOOK AU - Erica,Baricci TI - The Ma‘asé-Ester. A Judeo-Provençal poem about Queen Esther: A Critical Edition with Commentary T2 - Études sur le judaïsme médiéval SN - 9789004514225 AV - PC3328 U1 - 849/.13 23 PY - 2022/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill N1 - 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; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004514348 ER -