Th-Century Judeo-Arabic Documents from the Prize Papers Collection

Datos Bibliográficos

ID17823942
AutoresMohamed Ahmed (0000-0003-0175-3058, Trinity College Dublin, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen10
Número1
Páginas1-23
Fecha de publicación2020-11-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Jewish Languages (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2213-4387 • E-ISSN: 2213-4638
EditorialBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/22134638-06011141
OpenAlexW3095154247
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas11

The Prize Papers Collection held at the National Archives in Kew contains more than 280 letters and documents in Judeo-Arabic (Arabic written in Hebrew script) taken from the British cartel ship Venus in 1800. Most of the letters and documents belonged to Shlomo Bū Shaʿra, an Algerian Jewish merchant who travelled between Algeria and Europe on business during the late 18th century. This article introduces the Judeo-Arabic documents from the Prize Papers Collection. It applies a linguistic analysis to a sample of 15 letters and documents, and transcribes and translates three documents written in Arabic and Judeo-Arabic scripts

Arabic · Arabic script · Art · Hebrew · Linguistics · Literature · Scripting language · African history and culture analysis · Classics · Computer Science · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Philosophy