Ladino rabbinic literature and Ottoman Sephardic culture [electronic resource] / Matthias B. Lehmann.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Jewish literature and culturePublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005.Description: viii, 264 p. : map, facsimsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 956.1/004924046 22
LOC classification:
  • DS135.L4 L44 2005eb
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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.
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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.

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