In Queen Esther's Garden : An Anthology of Judeo-Persian Literature,9780300079050

In Queen Esther's Garden : An Anthology of Judeo-Persian Literature

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ISBN13: 9780300079050
ISBN10: 0300079052
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Pub. Date: 2000-05-11
Publisher(s): Yale University Press
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Summary

This wide-ranging anthology brings to English-language readers for the first time the riches of the Judeo-Persian literary tradition. The collection represents a variety of writings produced by the Jewish community of Iran -- perhaps the oldest continuous Diaspora community in the world. Vera Basch Moreen has gathered texts written between the eighth and nineteenth centuries, including fragments of early documents, verse renditions of biblical books, prayers, religious poetry, secular poetry, commentaries, and historical chronicles. Most of the translations have been made by Moreen specifically for this anthology. Extensive notes accompany each selection to clarify its meaning in Jewish and Islamic history and legend.

Judeo-Persian texts, written in classical Persian but using the Hebrew alphabet, reflect profound Muslim influences as well as the extent of original thought and expression among Jewish-Persian writers. This welcome anthology of their literature provides access to a deeper understanding of the Jewish Diaspora experience, the Persian literary tra

Table of Contents

Preface xiii
A Note on the Text and the Transliterations xix
List of Abbreviations
xxiii
Introduction 1(21)
Earliest Judeo-Persian Texts
22(4)
A Letter from a Merchant
23(1)
Bo Utas
A Legal Document
24(2)
Jes P. Asmussen
Biblical Epics
26(133)
Mowlana Shahin-i Shirazi
26(5)
Bereshit-namah (The Book of Genesis)
31(24)
The Fall of `Aza'zel
31(7)
Jacob and the Wolf
38(17)
Musa-namah (The Book of Moses)
55(27)
Moses and the Burning Bush
55(5)
Moses' Vision of God
60(4)
The Killing of the Blasphemer
64(2)
Qarun's Rebellion
66(8)
God's Great Name
74(8)
The Tale of Job
82(8)
Ardashir-namah (The Book of Ardashir)
90(15)
The Courtship and Marriage of Esther and Ardashir
90(13)
The Birth of Cyrus
103(2)
Ezra-namah (The Book of Ezra)
105(14)
`Imrani
119(4)
Fath-namah (The Book of Conquest)
123(13)
Joshua's Conquest of Jericho
123(13)
The Book of Ruth
136(7)
Aharon b. Mashiah
143(1)
Shoftim-namah (The Book of Judges)
144(2)
Jephthah Sacrifices His Daughter
144(2)
Khwajah Bukhara'i
146(2)
Daniyal-namah (The Book of Daniel)
148(11)
Daniel in the Lions' Den
148(11)
An Apocryphal Epic: `Imrani's Hanukkah-namah (The Book of Hanukkah)
159(17)
The Victory of the Maccabees
159(17)
Didactic Poetry: Yehudah b. David's Makhzan al-pand (The Treasury of Advice)
176(8)
Mishnah and Midrash
184(13)
`Imrani: Ganj-namah (The Book of Treasure)
184(5)
Section 41
185(4)
A Midrash on the Ascension of Moses
189(8)
The Sections of Hell
190(4)
Paradise
194(3)
Biblical Commentaries
197(9)
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 4
198(2)
Yehudah b. Binyamin
Commentary on Exodus 3-4
200(6)
Shim`on Hakam
Religious Festivals in Sermon, Commentary, and Poetry
206(17)
A Derashah on the Haftarah for the Ninth of Ab
207(3)
Commentary on the Book of Esther
210(5)
Amina
``Purim-namah''
215(3)
Mullah Gershon
``On the Sacrifice of Isaac''
218(5)
Amina
Historical Texts
223(25)
Kitab-i Anusi (The Book of a Forced Convert)
223(9)
Babai b. Lutf
Kitab-i Sar guzasht-i Kashan (The Book of Events in Kashan)
232(6)
Babai b. Farhad
Khodaidad
238(5)
Ibrahim b. Mullah Abu'l Khayr
``The Tale of the Anguish of the Community of Forced Converts''
243(5)
Hezekiah
Polemics and Philosophy
248(12)
On Moses' Prophethood
249(6)
Hobot Yehudah (The Duties of Judah)
255(5)
Yehudah b. El`azar
Mysticism
260(8)
``In Praise of Sufis''
262(3)
Siman Tov Melammed
``Against Sufis''
265(3)
Jacob
Religious Poems
268(21)
A Poem in Praise of the Almighty
270(1)
``Almighty Lord Displaying Might''
270(2)
Shibab Yazdi
Poems in Praise of the Prophets
272(1)
``In Praise of Moses''
272(1)
Amina
``A Mukhammas in Honor of Moses''
273(3)
Yusuf Yahudi
``In Praise of Ezekiel''
276(2)
Muflis-i Khwansari
``In Praise of the Qualities of Ezekiel''
278(1)
Yehezqel Khwansari
``In Praise and Commendation of Ezra''
279(1)
``O Elijah, Take My Hand''
280(3)
Babai b. Lutf
Prayers
283(1)
A Prayer
283(1)
Amina
A Prayer
284(2)
Babai
Miscellaneous Poems
286(1)
``A Ghazal on the Twelve Tribes''
286(2)
Amina
``In Honor of the Lord Messiah''
288(1)
Siman Tov Melammed
Panegyrics, Lyrical Poems, Quatrains
289(14)
Panegyrics
290(1)
``In Praise of Bahadur Abu Sa `id''
290(2)
Shabin
``O Just Shah Ashraf''
292(1)
Amina
Lyrical Poems
293(1)
``My Lovely Delightful Girl''
293(1)
Ya`qov
``I Wish to Walk in the Rose Garden''
294(1)
Amina
``She Is the Rose Garden's Cypress''
295(1)
Amina
``Last Night Her Magic Wink''
296(1)
Amina
``The Story of Amina and His Wife''
296(2)
Amina
``On Becoming Cold-hearted Toward Women''
298(2)
Amina
Anonymous Quatrains
300(3)
Notes 303(70)
Bibliography 373(16)
Index 389

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