The Ladino Five Scrolls [Abraham Asa’s Versions of the Hebrew and Aramaic Texts]

Lazar, Moshe (Editor). The Ladino Five Scrolls [Abraham Asa’s Versions of the Hebrew and Aramaic Texts]. Culver City, CA: Labyrinthos, 1992. Limited edition (Out of Series). 1/200. 8vo. XVIII, [10], 275 pp. on acid-free paper. Original silver-stamped red smyth-sewn clothbound with silver illustration on front board and silver lettering on spine. Seventh volume in the “Sephardic Classical Library” series. Ladino translation of both the Hebrew Five Scrolls (megillot) and their Aramaic targum elaborations, presented for the first time in a modern edition. The Five Scrolls are arranged according to the order of the Festivals and Fast Days: Song of Songs for Passover; Ruth for Feast of the Weeks; Ecclesiastes for Feast of Tabernacles; Lamentations for the Fast Day of Tisha B’Av; Esther for the Feast of Purim. Ten facsimile pages of bilingual 16th-century printed editions. Preface in English; text in romanized Ladino facing Ladino in Hebrew script. Fine condition. vg. Hardcover. (39963) $95