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Jacob Huli’s Me‘am lo‘ez (From a People of Foreign Tongue)
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The masterpiece of eighteenth-century Ladino literature is the encyclopedic commentary on the Bible, Me‘am lo‘ez (From a People of Foreign Tongue), by Jacob Huli, the first volume of which was…

Contributor:

Jacob Huli

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1730

Subjects:

Print, Bible, Ladino, Jewish languages, Language and linguistics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Biblical Commentary
Printed page of Hebrew text framed by arch with columns of garlands and a border of Hebrew text.
Introduction: Ladino Translation of the Bible
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The Master of the Universe gave us the holy and blessed law so that we would enjoy l’olam haba [the world to come], so that we would know and see the light of eternal life. Study and a good…

Contributor:

Abraham Asá

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1739

Subjects:

Bible, Translation, Jewish languages, Ladino, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Theology