Shir HaShirim and Pirkei Avot, Translated into Ladino and Spanish

Paraphrasis Caldaica en los Cantares de Selomoh, con el Texto Hebrayco, y Ladino, Traduzida en lengua Espanolla. 5424 (1664). Song of Songs, trilingual edition: Hebrew, Ladino (in Latin letters) and Spanish. The Spanish translation is from the Aramaic translation of Shir HaShirim; bound together with Tractate Avot in Spanish translation, with a partial title page, the pagination continues in Tractate Avot. Amsterdam, David de Castro Tartas, 1664. Present copy is an early edition of this book which was printed in a number of editions, for some communities in Spain, for the Shabbats between Pesach and Shavuot, who would read Shir HaShirim and Pirkei Avot then. Translation of Shir HaShirim was done by Moses Laniado, translation of Tractate Avot is attributed to Moses Belmonte. 153 Leaves. 15.4 Cm. book

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