A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica : The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi Paperback / softback
Edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein
Part of the Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture series
Paperback / softback
Description
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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:432 pages
- Publisher:Stanford University Press
- Publication Date:12/12/2012
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- ISBN:9780804786942
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:432 pages
- Publisher:Stanford University Press
- Publication Date:12/12/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9780804786942
