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Song of Songs and Pirkei Avot with Ladino and Spanish Translations. Amsterdam, 1766. Attractive Contemporary Binding - An attractive and fascinating edition of Song of Songs accompanied by Judeo-Spanish translations, reflecting the linguistic and cultural world of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish communities of eighteenth-century Europe. The volume contains: Paraphrasis Caldayca en los Cantares de Selomoh Song of Songs in Hebrew, accompanied by a Ladino translation printed in Latin characters, as well as a Spanish translation based on the Aramaic Targum (Targum Jonathan), arranged clearly paragraph by paragraph alongside the Hebrew text. Also included is Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers), with a complete Spanish translation intended for ethical and philosophical study among Spanish-speaking readers. The work was printed in Amsterdam in 1766, one of the foremost centers of Hebrew printing and Sephardic Jewish literature during the early modern period. This edition stands as a vivid testament to the synthesis of classical Jewish tradition and the language, culture, and intellectual life of the Sephardic diaspora communities. 112 pages; pp. 109–144. 15.5 cm. Very good condition. Contemporary full leather binding; spine with minor wear and damage.