The martyrdom of a Moroccan Jewish saint / / by Sharon Vance.
The martyrdom in 1834 of Sol Hatchuel, a Jewish girl from Tangier, traumatized the Jewish community and inspired a literary response in Morocco and beyond. This study focuses on works written in the first century after her death in Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Spanish, Spanish and French that tell he...
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| Superior document: | Brill's series in Jewish studies ; v. 44 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's series in Jewish studies ;
v. 44. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 239 pages) :; illustrations |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | The martyrdom in 1834 of Sol Hatchuel, a Jewish girl from Tangier, traumatized the Jewish community and inspired a literary response in Morocco and beyond. This study focuses on works written in the first century after her death in Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Spanish, Spanish and French that tell her story and interpret its meaning. The author places both the event and the texts that narrate it in their historical context and show how its significance changed in each language and literary setting. The texts, prose and poetic laments by North African rabbis and a romantic feuilleton from the Judeo-Spanish press, and their historical settings reveal the complex relations between Jews and Muslims in North Africa and the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century and the intersection between religious polemics and gender discourse. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-232) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781283161909 1283161907 9786613161901 9789004207165 9004207163 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Sharon Vance. |