Buy this book on-line Lehmann, Matthias B : LADINO RABBINIC LITERATURE AND OTTOMAN SEPHARDIC CULTUREBloomington; Indiana University Press, 2005
Original Cloth. 8vo. VIII, 264 pages. 25 cm. First edition. “Views tradition and modernization among Sephardic communities in the Ottoman Empire through the lens of rabbinic literature written in Ladino. ” - Publishers description. 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. Subjects: 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. Clean and fresh in great jacket. Near fine. Very good condition. (SEF-51-25) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Lehmann, Matthias B : LADINO RABBINIC LITERATURE AND OTTOMAN SEPHARDIC CULTURE. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, antiquarian books, first editions, rare books and fine bindings. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |