Isaac Abravanel: Letters » (Bilingual)

Foreword     VII
Introduction     1
The Portuguese and Hebrew Manuscript Transmission of the Letters     1
Historical Interest and Literary Content of Abravanel's Letters     10
The Past Editions of Abravanel's Letters     74
The Present Edition     77
Edition and Translation     79
A Portuguese Letter, 1470-1471     81
First Hebrew Letter, 1472     99
Second Hebrew Letter, 1481     133
Third Hebrew Letter, 1482     149
Appendices     167
A letter of the Council of Santarem containing a quotation of a letter of Yehuda Abravanel and another Castillan Jew to the King Afonso V     169
Notary registry of the slave referred in Abravanel's first Hebrew letter     179
Registry of Isaac Abravanel's and Latao's account at the bank of Francesco and Bernardo Cambini     181
Bibliography     183
Index of Persons     193