El Yosippon castellano del ms. M-54 de la Biblioteca Menéndez Pelayo. Modelos de lectura y problemas textuales
ISSN: 2014-1386
Year of publication: 2022
Issue Title: Cultura escrita medieval hispànica. Homenatge a Gemma Avenoza
Issue: 12
Pages: 81-96
Type: Article
More publications in: Anuari de Filologia. Antiqva et Mediaevalia
Abstract
The Castilian Yosippon preserved in the ms. M-54 is a witness about how Jewish texts were diffused and understood in the Iberian Peninsula during the second half of the 15th century. Translating this text from Hebrew into Castilian supposed not only a linguistic adaptation, but also a cultural adjustment that implied a process of textual change. This paper analyses several passages which reflects the adaptation of the text to a new way of reading. Through them it will be appreciated misunderstandings or deliberated adaptations to a new ideological context.