Title Ladino rabbinic literature and Ottoman Sephardic culture / Matthias B. Lehmann

Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) : map, facsimiles Series Jewish literature and culture Jewish literature and culture. Contents 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 Summary Explores tradition and modernization among Sephardic communities in the Ottoman Empire through the lens of rabbinic literature written in Ladino Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-255) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL National Jewish Book Awards (nominated), 2005 Subject 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 HISTORY -- General. Ethics in rabbinical literature Ladino literature Rabbinical literature Sephardim -- Intellectual life Sephardim -- Social conditions Musar-Literatur Rabbinische Literatur Sefarden. Rabbijnse literatuur. Ladino (Joods-Spaans) Cultuurgeschiedenis. Middle East Osmanisches Reich Sephardim. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 0253111625 9780253111623 0253346304 9780253346308 1282072625 9781282072626 9786612072628 6612072628

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