Early Yiddish Texts 1100-1750

With Introduction and Commentary
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-19-926614-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 968 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1550 g

This volume is the first comprehensive anthology of early Yiddish literature (from its beginnings in the twelfth century to the dawn of modern Yiddish in the mid-eighteenth century) for more than one hundred years. It includes the broad range of genres that define the corpus: Arthurian romance, heroic epic, satire, lyric, drama, biblical/midrashic epic, devotional literature, biblical translations, glosses, medicine, magic, legal texts, oaths, letters, legends, autobiography, travelogue, fables, riddles, and adventure tales. One hundred and thirty texts in the original Hebrew alphabet, edited anew from the earliest extant sources, are provided with introductory headnotes that include detailed information concerning sources, author (if known), the research literature, and the place of the text in the literary tradition.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of the Yiddish language and literary studies, Jewish studies, German and Germanic studies, comparative Semitic linguistics, the history of religions, drama, folklore, linguistics, medieval and renaissance studies, comparative literature, and Slavic studies

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frakes, Jerold C.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha

Über Autor(innen)

Jerold C. Frakes is Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Southern California.