TY  - BOOK
AU  - Daṿid,Avraham
AU  - Weinberger,Leon J.
AU  - Ordan,Dena
TI  - A Hebrew chronicle from Prague, c. 1615
T2  - Judaic studies series
SN  - 0585097003
AV  - DS135.C96 P73713 1993eb
U1  - 943.7/12004924 20
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Tuscaloosa
PB  - University of Alabama Press
KW  - Jews
KW  - Czech Republic
KW  - Prague
KW  - History
KW  - 16th century
KW  - Sources
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Juifs
KW  - République tchèque
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 16e siècle
KW  - 17e siècle
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - fast
KW  - Joden
KW  - gtt
KW  - Prague (Czech Republic)
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Kronieken (vorm)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-102) and index; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - A Hebrew Chronicle from Prague, by one or possibly two anonymous writers in the years prior to 1615, reflects the determination of the Bohemian Jewish community to record the story of their travail in exile. The volume is composed of short entries focusing on the Jewish communities in Bohemia from 1389 to 1611. The earlier entries had their basis in written documents, which are cited in some cases by the chronicler. Events occurring closer to the time of the writing apparently were recorded from verbal accounts of the elders in the Jewish community. The author was neither a scholar nor a rabbi, for the Hebrew of the chronicle is crude and liberally sprinkled with expressions in the German vernacular. In his own words, the chronicler committed his materials to writing "to serve as a token of remembrance for us and our descendants forever."; In 1978, research scholar Abraham David chanced upon the chronicle while examining the rare book collection of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. David realized the enormous importance of the work to scholars of Jewish historiography, Bohemian and Slavic history, and Jewish life in Eastern Europe. The medieval Hebrew text of the chronicle was published in a critical edition edited by David with a lengthy introduction and extensive historical notes written in modern Hebrew. This edition also included two hitherto unknown martyrologies
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