A Judeo-Arabic parody of the life of Jesus: the "Toledot Yeshu" Helene narrative

"Miriam Goldstein provides the first-ever examination of the Judeo-Arabic versions of Toledot Yeshu (TY), the notorious parody of the life of Jesus originating in Late Antiquity, as well as a full edition and translation of Judeo-Arabic TY texts from their earliest fragmentary witnesses through...

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Main Author: Goldstein, Miriam 1976- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Hebrew
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Published: Tübingen Mohr Siebeck [2023]
In: Texts and studies in ancient Judaism (186)
Year: 2023
Series/Journal:Texts and studies in ancient Judaism 186
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Judeo-Arabic language / Tôledôt Yēšû / Jesus Christus / Polemics / Judaism
B Tôledôt Yēšû / Christianity / Polemics / Judaism
B Judeo-Arabic language / Polemics / Christianity / Jesus Christus
Further subjects:B Judeo-Arabic literature
B Jesus Christ Jewish interpretations
B Tôledôt Yēšû
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Summary:"Miriam Goldstein provides the first-ever examination of the Judeo-Arabic versions of Toledot Yeshu (TY), the notorious parody of the life of Jesus originating in Late Antiquity, as well as a full edition and translation of Judeo-Arabic TY texts from their earliest fragmentary witnesses through their early modern copies. The author illuminates the historical and literary development of the Judeo-Arabic TY texts, retelling the story of this long-lived polemical narrative with the critical inclusion of this significant Judeo-Arabic material. Goldstein considers the function of the narrative in the religiously diverse Arabic-speaking milieu and traces the existence of TY in a variety of languages in later Jewish Near Eastern story collections. In this study, the author transforms historical understandings of Toledot Yeshu and of the Near Eastern communities who read and transmitted the narrative." --Provided by publisher
Physical Description:IX, 246 Seiten
ISBN:978-3-16-161886-4