Familiarization with the Polish Diaspora. Selected Legends of the Mediaeval Jews

• Authors: Gasiorowski Stefan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

There is no need to prove the significant role played by legends, myths and stereotypes in the history of the world. Also in the Polish lands, we can find many stories connected with the history of the Jews. There is still no comprehensive study on legends concerning Jews in mediaeval Poland, but we already have the book by Haya Bar-Itzhak, a professor of Comparative Hebrew Literature at the Haifa University. An exception here may be the well-known legend about the love affair between King Kazimierz Wielki (Casimir the Great) and the Jewish girl Esther, which has been widely described in many works. Of special importance is the book written by the eminent literary historian and linguist, Chone Shmeruk, entitled 'Legenda o Esterce w literaturze jidysz i polskiej' (The Legend of Esther in Yiddish and Polish Literature).

Keywords

EN

JEWISH DIASPORA; JEWISH LEGENDS; LEGENDS; MYTHS

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 8
• Pages: 49-59
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Gasiorowski Stefan

• Katedra Judaistyki Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego ul. Jozefa 19, Krakow 31-056, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA10225