Everything about The Ferrara Bible totally explained
The
Ferrara Bible was a
1553 publication of the
Ladino version of the
Tanach used by
Sephardi Jews. It was paid for and made by
Yom-Tob ben Levi Athias (the
Spanish Marrano Jerónimo de Vargas, as typographer) and
Abraham ben Salomon Usque (the
Portuguese Jew Duarte Pinhel, as translator), and was dedicated to
Ercole II d'Este, Duke of
Ferrara. Ercole's wife
Renée of France was a Protestant, daughter of
Louis XII of France.
This version is a revision of a translation which had long circulated among Spanish Jews. It is more formally entitled
Biblia en Lengua Española Traducida Palabra por Palabra de la Verdad Hebrayca por Muy Excelentes Letrados, Vista y Examinada por el Oficio de la Inquisicion. Con Privilegio del Ylustrissimo Señor Duque de Ferrara. ("The Bible in the Spanish Language, Translated word for word from the true Hebrew by very excellent Literati, Viewed and Examined by the Office of the
Inquisition [thoughthe Inquisition wouldn't have passed such a work]. With the Privilege of the most Illustrious Lord Duke of Ferrara.)
Two editions were printed, one dedicated to the duke, and one for the Jewish public dedicated to
Doña Gracia Nasi.
Language
Its language follows closely the Hebrew syntax rather than that of everyday Judaeo-Spanish.
It is written in the Latin alphabet.
The
tetragrammaton is translated as
A. (for
Adonai).
It was a basis for the 1569 translation of
Casiodoro de Reina.
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