Strategies to Gain Rabbinic Authority: Situating a Responsum of Elijah Mizraḥi (c. 1450–1526) in Ottoman Constantinople

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Strategies to Gain Rabbinic Authority: Situating a Responsum of Elijah Mizraḥi (c. 1450–1526) in Ottoman Constantinople

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