Debar Śepatayim: An Ottoman Hebrew Chronicle from the Crimea (1683-1730). Written by Krymchak Rabbi David Lekhno

Dan Shapira, Yaron Ben-Naeh, Aviezer Tutian

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Abstract

The fifty years between 1680-1730 were one of the most fascinating in the history of Europe and in Ottoman history. A period of coalitions and wars, climate changes, and natural disasters took place. This previously unpublished chronicle contains valuable information in various fields. It was written in Semi-Biblical Hebrew by a Jewish rabbi residing in the Crimean Peninsula, and includes insights on the political upheavals in the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman capital; the wars between the Ottomans, Habsburgs, Venetians, Circassians, Sefevids, and the Russians, which he vividly describes; Persia and the Caucasus; the fate of Jewish communities; epidemics and weather; and weapons and customs. The book, a historical mine that reads like a sweeping thriller, is now available in English for the first time.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationBoston
PublisherBoston : Academic Studies Press
Number of pages272
ISBN (Electronic)9781644696187, 9781644696194
ISBN (Print)9781644696170
StatePublished - Aug 2021

Keywords

  • Lekhno, David son of Eliʻezer -1735. Devar Sefatayim
  • Jews--History--17th century
  • Jews--History--18th century
  • Turkey--History--Ahmed III, 1703-1730
  • Crimean Khanate--History

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