Sixteenth-Century Judeo-Spanish Testimonies an Edition of Eighty-four Testimonies from the Sephardic Responsa in the Ottoman Empire

""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"--Publisher's website."
"Through the analysis of transcribed verbal testimonies of the Sephardim in the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century a vision of Jewish Ottoman life as well as a deep understanding of the development of Judeo-Spanish can be appreciated."@en

"Sixteenth-Century Judeo-Spanish Testimonies an Edition of Eighty-four Testimonies from the Sephardic Responsa in the Ottoman Empire"@en
"Sixteenth-century Judeo-Spanish testimonies : an edition of eighty-four testimonies from the Sephardic responsa in the Ottoman Empire"
"Sixteenth-century Judeo-Spanish testimonies an edition of eighty-four testimonies from the Sephardic responsa in the Ottoman Empire"