UID:
almafu_9959227968002883
Format:
1 online resource (434 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8047-8177-X
Series Statement:
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Content:
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 political and social changes and the World Wars. Sa'adi was a prominent journalist and publisher, one of the most significant creators of modern Sephardic print culture. He was also a rebel who accused the Jewish leadership of Salonica of being corrupt, abusive, and fanatical; that leadership, in turn, excommunicated him from the Jewish community. The experience of excommunication pervades Sa'adi's memoir, which documents a world that its author was himself actively involved in changing.
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Editors’ Acknowledgments --
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Note on Translation and Transliteration --
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Note on Currencies, Weights, and Measures --
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Note on Sigla Used in the Ladino Romanized Text and English Translation --
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Editors’ Introduction --
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English Translation --
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Romanized Transliteration --
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Notes --
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Glossary --
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Works Consulted --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8047-7166-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780804781770
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