A Jewish voice from Ottoman Salonica [[electronic resource] ] : the Ladino memoir of Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi ; edited and with an introduction by Aron Rodrigue and Sarah Abrevaya Stein ; translation, transliteration, and glossary by Isaac Jerusalmi

• Autore: Haleṿi Saʻadi ben Betsalel
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (434 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.892/404954
• Soggetto topico: Jewish publishers - Greece - Thessalonik; Jewish journalists - Greece - Thessalonik; Sephardim - Greece - Thessalonik - History - 19th century
• Altri autori: RodrigueAron SteinSarah Abrevaya JerusalmiIsaac <1928-2018.>
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editors’ Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation and Transliteration -- Note on Currencies, Weights, and Measures -- Note on Sigla Used in the Ladino Romanized Text and English Translation -- Editors’ Introduction -- English Translation -- Romanized Transliteration -- Notes -- Glossary -- Works Consulted -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: A Jewish voice from Ottoman Salonica
• ISBN: 0-8047-8177-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779068303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.