In 1595 an anonymous pamphlet in Hebrew was published in Venice. According to his title, Sura me-ra' (Turn aside from evil), it should have contained a condemnation of gambling. The work knew some fifteen subsequent editions in other places, including translations into Yiddish, German, French and English. Its author, the young Leon Modena (1571-1648) was to became one of the most personalities in the Venetian ghetto.

L'opuscolo di Leon Modena sul gioco d'azzardo (Sur me-ra', Venezia 1595)

TAMANI, Giuliano
2012-01-01

Abstract

In 1595 an anonymous pamphlet in Hebrew was published in Venice. According to his title, Sura me-ra' (Turn aside from evil), it should have contained a condemnation of gambling. The work knew some fifteen subsequent editions in other places, including translations into Yiddish, German, French and English. Its author, the young Leon Modena (1571-1648) was to became one of the most personalities in the Venetian ghetto.
2012
Multa et varia. Studi offerti a Maria Marcella Ferraccioli e Gianfranco Giraudo.
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