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Ladino rabbinic literature and Ottoman Sephardic culture

by Lehmann, Matthias B.,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: Jewish literature and culture Published by : Indiana University Press, (Bloomington :) Physical details: viii, 264 p. : map, facsims.
Subject(s): Sephardim -- Middle East -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. | Rabbinical literature -- Middle East -- History and criticism. | Ladino literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. | Ladino literature -- Middle East -- History and criticism. | Ethics in rabbinical literature. | Sephardim -- Middle East -- Social conditions -- 19th century. | Electronic books.
Year: 2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-255) and index.

Historical background -- Print and the vernacular : the emergence of Ladino reading culture -- The translation and reception of musar -- "Pasar la hora" or "meldar"? forms of sociability -- The construction of the social order -- Three social types : the wealthy, the poor, the learned -- The representation of gender -- Understanding exile, setting boundaries -- The impossible homecoming -- Reincarnation and the discovery of history -- Scientific and rabbinic knowledge and the notion of change.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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