Ladino rabbinic literature and Ottoman Sephardic culture - Lehmann, Matthias B. (Indiana University Press, 2005)
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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
Explores tradition and modernization among Sephardic communities in the Ottoman Empire through the lens of rabbinic literature written in Ladino