Vortrag im Rahmen der Reihe Kultur im Kloster: The Yiddish and Hebrew Plague Tractate ‘Seyfer Atsires Hamageyfe’ (Frankfurt an der Oder, 1770) and its Captivating Connection to Oluf Gerhard Tychsen - Daniella Mauer (Amsterdam)

From his remarkable collection of books and letters, we know that Tychsen had a rich correspondence with Jewish scholars, among them also Jewish students of Medicine, which may explain how Tychsen managed to get a hold of the Hebrew version of the tractate. While the Hebrew tractate begins with approbations of well-known Rabbis and doctors, the Yiddish version gets right to the point, lists the 18 rules which must be followed in order to save yourself from the plague. Mauer will share with us the Yiddish and Hebrew title pages and prefaces of Seyfer Atsires Hamageyfe, with their translation into English, compare between the texts, and share with us some of her findings.

Daniella Mauer is researcher in the project “Intersectional identities in Old Yiddish Romance: ‘Bovo d’Antona’ and ‘Pariz un Vyene’” at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and a doctoral candidate at the University of Amsterdam. She is writing her dissertation on “Responses to the Plague in Early Modern Ashkenaz: Pandemics and Piety in Yiddish Remedy Books in the 17th-18th century” under the supervision of Prof. Irene Zwiep and Prof. Bart Wallet.

Zeit: Dienstag, 03.05.2022, 17.15–18.45 Uhr

Ort: Kulturhistorisches Museum (Kloster zum Heiligen Kreuz, Klosterhof 7)

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