Books printed in Hebrew characters but in different languages (notably Spanish, German, Arabic and Persian) are witnesses to audiences earer for more than the classic rabbinic and/or strictly religious books. Though strictly not Hebrew books, the intersection of Jewish culture with host cultures resulted in new demands by readers, created new opportunities for authors, provided new markets for printers and are subject to separate scholarly studies.
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Ben-Ur, Aviva
“Ladino in print: Toward a comprehensive bibliography,” Jewish History 16 (2002) 309-326
Katz Center - Periodicals Gallery. DS101 .J46556
Van Pelt Library. DS101 .J46556
http://people.umass.edu/abenur/article%20pdfs/Ben-Ur,%20%22Ladino%20in%20Print%22.pdf
Borovaya, Olga
Modern Ladino Culture: Press, Belles Lettres, and Theater in the Late Ottoman Empire
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2012
Katz Center - Stacks. DS135.T8 B68 2012
Van Pelt Library. DS135.T8 B68 2012
Landau, Jacob M.
“Hebrew [and Ladino] printing in Ottoman Istanbul,” pp. 21-29 in, The Studies on the Hebrew Language / Ibrani Dili Üzerine Arastirmalar (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014) edd. Ali Küçükler and Hüseyin Içen
Van Pelt Library. PJ4509 .S88 2014
Lazar, Moshe
The Ladino Bible of Ferrara 1553 - A Critical Edition
Culver City, CA : Labyrinthos, 1992
Available via BorrowDirect, Harvard University
Lehmann, Matthias B.
Ladino Rabbinic Literature and Ottoman Sephardic Culture
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2005
Katz Center - Stacks. DS135.L4 L44 2005
Van Pelt Library. DS135.L4 L44 2005
Lehmann, Matthias B.
“The Intended Reader of Ladino Rabbinic Literature and Judeo-Spanish Reading Culture,” Jewish History 16 (2002) 283-307
Katz Center - Periodicals Gallery. DS101 .J46556
Van Pelt Library. DS101 .J46556
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/20101479.pdf?acceptTC=true
Lehmann, Matthias B.
“Print and the Vernacular: The Emergence of Ladino Reading Culture. The Eighteenth-Century Classic: Huli’s Me’am Lo’ez,” pp. 31-48 and 217-222 in, Ladino Rabbinic Literature and Ottoman Sephardic Culture (Bloomington: Indiana University, 2005 Press)
Katz Center - Stacks. DS135.L4 L44 2005
Van Pelt Library. DS135.L4 L44 2005
Simon, Rachel
“The Contribution of Hebrew Printing Houses and Printers in Istanbul to Ladino Culture and Scholarship,” Judaica Librarianship 16/17 (2011) 125-135
Katz Center - Periodicals B2. Z675.J4 A57
Van Pelt Library. Z675.J4 A57
http://ajlpublishing.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=jl