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By Jennifer Emick, About.com Guide to Alternative Religions since 2002

Royal Romance and Medieval Mayhem

Thursday September 23, 2004

"King Artus: A Hebrew Arthurian Romance of 1279" is a unique artifact in Jewish literature: a medieval Hebrew version of an Arthurian romance from the age of chivalry. Originally written in Italian, it was translated into Hebrew by an anonymous 13th-century Italian Jewish scribe. The manuscript, the only one of its kind extant, was preserved in the Vatican Library.

The Hebrew translation, while faithful to the source, makes frequent use of biblical quotations, giving the work a distinctly Jewish feel.

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