Early Yiddish Texts 1100-1750

With Introduction and Commentary
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-19-928793-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 970 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 1416 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frakes, Jerold C.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Leben & Praxis, Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Chronological Listing of Texts

- Index of Texts by Genre

- Sources Cited: Manuscripts and Early Printed Editions

- Symbols and Abbreviations

- Introduction

- Acknowledgements

- Yiddish Texts with Introductions and Notes