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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456498903321

Autore

Vance Sharon <1963-, >

Titolo

The martyrdom of a Moroccan Jewish saint / / by Sharon Vance

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2011]

ISBN

9781283161909

1-283-16190-7

9786613161901

9789004207165

90-04-20716-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 239 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Brill's series in Jewish studies ; ; v. 44

Disciplina

296.092

305.892/4

Soggetti

Jewish martyrs - Morocco - Historiography

Zaddikot - Morocco - Historiography

Jews - Morocco - History - 19th century

Jewish-Arab relations

Electronic books.

Morocco Ethnic relations Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Many Lives Of Sol Hatchuel -- The Limits Of Protection: The Execution In Historical Context -- The Tale Of The Martyred Maiden -- ‘As An Ewe Before Her Shearers’: The Hebrew Elegies -- The Fallen Gazelle -- The Sacrificed Lovers: Sol’s Story In The Judeo-Spanish Newspaper La Epoka.

Sommario/riassunto

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.