Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Historical Background
Part I Vernacular Musar Literature as a Cultural Factor
2 Print and the Vernacular: The Emergence of Ladino Reading Culture
Part II Authors, Translators, Readers
3 The Translation and Reception of Musar
4 "Pasar la Hora" or "Meldar"? Forms of Sociability
Part III Musar Literature and the Social Order
5 The Construction of the Social Order
6 Three Social Types: The Wealthy, the Poor, the Learned
7 The Representation of Gender
Part IV Exile and History
8 Understanding Exile, Setting Boundaries
9 The Impossible Homecoming
10 Reincarnation and the Discovery of History
Part V The Challenge of Modernity
11 Scientific and Rabbinic Knowledge and the Notion of Change
12 Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index