The Martyrdom of a Moroccan Jewish SaintThe 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter One The Many Lives of Sol Hatchuel | 7 |
The Execution in Historical Context | 41 |
Chapter Three The Tale of the Martyred Maiden | 81 |
The Hebrew Elegies | 117 |
Chapter Five The Fallen Gazelle | 161 |
Sols Story in the JudeoSpanish Newspaper La Epoka | 189 |
Conclusion | 211 |
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19th century Abuhasera Alliance Israélite Universelle Arabic be-Maroqo Ben-Ami Berdugo biblical verses bride chapter Chetrit Christian conquest of Algeria convert culture David Pinto death dhimma discourse discussed Divre Elbaz Epoka execution exile galut gender genres Haim Haliwa Hebrew texts Heroine Ibid Islam Israel Israélite Jewish community Jewry Judaism Judeo-Arabic Judeo-Arabic texts Judeo-Spanish Juifs juive Ladino literary Maghreb Maimonides Makhzen Malkhe rabbanan manuscript Maroc marocain Maroqo martyr Mawlay Miège Moroccan Hebrew Moroccan Jewish Moroccan Jews Moroccan society Morocco Moses Muammad Muslim Muslims and Jews Musulmans Naim narrative North Africa Oran Ottoman Ottoman Empire Paris poem poetic poetry polemics qinot rabbinic redemption reference relations religion religious role Romero saints Salonika Schroeter Sefer Sephardic shel Sol Hatchuel Sol’s Sol's martyrdom Sol's story Spain Spanish stanza status Sulika Sultan tale Talmud Tangier tion toldot Toledano tradition ulamā University Press version of Sol's virgin women written Yaaqov Yerushalayim Zafrani