La Lettre Sépharade [Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Instituto "Benito Arias Montano"]
Year
2003 [1977]
Language(s)
French Ladino
Description
RARE comprehensive Ladino-French dictionary compiled by an eminent Jewish Greek educator and historian Joseph Nehama (ca.1880-1971), author of numerous studies and articles in French and Judeo-Spanish on Jewish history, health codes, and commerce which appeared in the press of Salonika and Paris. Nehama`s pioneering research into the Salonikan Jewish community`s roots in his seven-volume work `Histoire des Israélites de Salonique` had a major impact when published and still continues to influence contemporary scholars of Greek Jewry and Sephardic studies. 280x190mm. XII+8+609 pages. Softcover. Cover corners, spine and spine edges wrinkled. Spine slightly wrinkled. Front whitepage and title-page upper corner bumped/wrinkled. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare dictionary of Judaeo-Spanish is in good condition.