Avigdor Kara's Appeal Reconsidered: A Transcription and English Translation of a Begging Letter Written By a Late Medieval Scholar from Prague

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Avigdor Kara's Appeal Reconsidered: A Transcription and English Translation of a Begging Letter Written By a Late Medieval Scholar from Prague

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper presents a commented edition and English translation of a unique document preserved in the manuscript Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, MS heb. 242 - a letter written by Prague scholar Avigdor Kara (d. 1432). The brief letter (one manuscript folio) represents a poetic request for financial assistance addressed to members of an unspecified community and describes Kara&apos;s living conditions as a teacher of schoolchildren in the wake of an attack on the Jewish community in his place of residence. The article analyses Kara&apos;s literary description of his occupation in the context of his intellectual interests, as attested in other texts. Furthermore, it suggests that the letter was written in the aftermath of the 1389 Easter attack against the Jews in Prague. The presented edition of this document aims to correct the shortcomings of previous published versions and it supplements them by providing an English translation of the letter.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Avigdor Kara's Appeal Reconsidered: A Transcription and English Translation of a Begging Letter Written By a Late Medieval Scholar from Prague

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper presents a commented edition and English translation of a unique document preserved in the manuscript Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, MS heb. 242 - a letter written by Prague scholar Avigdor Kara (d. 1432). The brief letter (one manuscript folio) represents a poetic request for financial assistance addressed to members of an unspecified community and describes Kara&apos;s living conditions as a teacher of schoolchildren in the wake of an attack on the Jewish community in his place of residence. The article analyses Kara&apos;s literary description of his occupation in the context of his intellectual interests, as attested in other texts. Furthermore, it suggests that the letter was written in the aftermath of the 1389 Easter attack against the Jews in Prague. The presented edition of this document aims to correct the shortcomings of previous published versions and it supplements them by providing an English translation of the letter.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60304 - Religious studies

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EF16_019%2F0000734" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000734: Kreativita a adaptabilita jako předpoklad úspěchu Evropy v propojeném světě</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Judaica Bohemiae

ISSN

0022-5738

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

54

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

31-48

Kód UT WoS článku

000501543100002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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