Sixteenth-century Judeo-Spanish testimonies : : an edition of eighty-four testimonies from the Sephardic responsa in the Ottoman Empire / / by Annette Benaim.

• Superior document: Études sur le judaïsme médiéval ; t. 52
• Author: Benaim, Annette.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2012.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Études sur le judaïsme médiéval 52.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (566 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283292351; 9786613292353; 9004210180
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Annette Benaim.

This book consists of a previously unidentified corpus of literature that contains an edition of eighty-four testimonies of the sixteenth-century responsa. An overview of the responsa literature in the relevant context and aspects of Ottoman Jewish life are discussed. The author describes the merit of the Judeo-Spanish testimonies in terms of the insight they offer into the society, economy, religion and responsa literature of sixteenth-century Ottoman Jewry. The study of these texts from a linguistic perspective constitutes the main aim of the book yet the result is a valuable and intriguing source of texts that should generate further study in fields of linguistics, Sephardic Studies, Hispanic Studies, and Jewish Studies whether cultural, historical or legal. \'...this book is an important resource for linguists, social scientists, scholars of Jewish culture and law, women studies and obviously for Sephardic studies, with special reference to the Ottoman period.\' Rachel Simon, Princeton University