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Note to the Reader: Masoret ha-masoret
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This is to announce to all interested in my book that when the head of the printers, the princely Daniel Bomberg, the Christian, decided to print the Twenty…

Contributor:

Elye Bokher

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1538

Subjects:

Bible, Christian-Jewish relations, Writing, Translation, Print

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Firsthand Accounts, Speeches
Sefer ha-zikuk (The Book of Expurgation)
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1. Whenever the term idolaters appears, and it is not clearly referring…

Contributor:

Domenico Gerosolomitano

Places:

Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

1596

Subjects:

Translation, Polemics, Christian-Jewish relations, Christianity, Print

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling, Firsthand Accounts
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
Colophon: Elye Bokher’s Petaḥ devaray
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And thus was finished the book Petah DebaraiIn the name of the living God my redeemer and rockIn the year of the creation 306On the 29th day of TishriEdited by the Hebrew grammarianElijah the Levita…

Contributor:

Cornelio Adelkind

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1546

Subjects:

Language and linguistics, Christian-Jewish relations, Writing, Print, Translation

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Speeches