Ladino rabbinic literature and Ottoman Sephardic culture [electronic resource] /
Matthias B. Lehmann.
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005.
- viii, 264 p. : map, facsims.
- Jewish literature and culture .
- Jewish literature and culture. .
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.
Sephardim--Intellectual life--Middle East--19th century. Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.--Middle East Ladino literature--History and criticism.--19th century Ladino literature--History and criticism.--Middle East Ethics in rabbinical literature. Sephardim--Social conditions--Middle East--19th century.