A Jewish voice from Ottoman Salonica
Saʻadi ben Betsalel Haleṿi · 2011
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This book presents for the first time the complete text of the earliest known Ladino-language memoir, transliterated from the original script, translated into English, and introduced and explicated by the editors. The memoirist, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi (1820-1903), wrote about Ottoman Jews' daily life at a time when the finely wrought fabric of Ottoman society was just beginning to unravel. His vivid portrayal of life in Salonica, a major port in the Ottoman Levant with a majority Jewish population, thus provides a unique window into a way of life before it disappeared as a result of profound p.
Book details
- Year
- 2011
- Language
- English
- Series
- Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 372
- ISBN
- 9780804771665
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