Ladino rabbinic literature and Ottoman Sephardic culture

Ladino rabbinic literature and Ottoman Sephardic culture

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Main Author: Lehmann, Matthias B., 1970-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005.
Series:Jewish literature and culture.
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.
Electronic books.
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Table of 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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