R. Moses Ben Barukh Almosnino (c. 1515-1580) was a major figure in Classical Judaism. He settled in the Ottoman Empire, and possessed extensive knowledge of both Jewish and secular subjects and was known for his Responsa and exegeses of Jewish texts. He also took an interest in various scientific fields, translating and commenting on works by Aristotle and other scholars. R. Moses Almosnino wrote on topics such as ethics, including commentaries on the Nicomachean Ethics and Pirkei Avot. He also authored “Extremos y grandezas de Constantinopla,” a historical work in Judeo-Spanish. His original work “Regimiento de vidas,” (Conduct of Life) a treatise on ethics, was published during his lifetime in 1564 and remains a reference in classical Judeo-Spanish literature.
Walter Hilliger is a man of letters, essayist, translator, and editor of the collection “Veritas è terra orietur”. He dedicates himself to paleography, restoration, digitization, transcription, annotation, and publication of facsimiles and unpublished manuscripts of major texts of Iberian Judaism, following the expulsions of 1492 and 1497. He translates them from Latin, Castilian, and Judeo-Spanish into English, contemporary Spanish, and French, introduces and annotates them, and invites specialists to write the introductions of the translated works. His efforts have helped preserve these works from oblivion by making them accessible to a wider audience.