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Title

• ‏ עלטערע יידישע טעקסטן 1750-1100 / ‏צונויפגעקליבן און רעדאגירט פון דזשעראלד פרייקס.
• Early Yiddish texts, 1100-1750 / edited by Jerold C. Frakes.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Supplementary Content

• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Additional Authors

• פרייקס, דזשעראלד.
• Frakes, Jerold C.

Description

lxxvii, 889 pages : color illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"The first textual evidence of the existence of Yiddish dates from the early twelfth century, and by the early sixteenth century the broad range of genres that characterize other European literatures of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance are also represented in Old Yiddish. There has been no comprehensive anthology of this literature for more than a century, during which time the corpus has grown significantly due to the discovery of important manuscripts and printed editions. The present volume seeks to fill this gap by making accessible an extensive and representative selection of early Yiddish texts, drawn from the period 1100-1750. Recognized masterworks as well as hitherto unknown gems are included; the voices of women writers are heard; secular and religious content is balanced. The conventional literary genres of epic, lyric, and drama are included, but so are treatises on accounting and obstetrics - and even a fifteenth-century description of a carpenter's tool."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

• עלטערע יידישע טעקסטן, ד׳תתס־ה׳תקי/1750-1100
• Elṭere Yidishe ṭeḳsṭn, 4860-5510/1100-1750

Subjects

• Texts
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Yiddish literature > History and criticism
• Yiddish language > Texts

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Texts.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xlii).

Language (note)

• Explanatory text in English; historical texts in Yiddish, of which some are translations from Hebrew.

Call Number

PJ5111

ISBN

• 019926614X
• 9780199266142

LCCN

2005297442

OCLC

56437913

Title

Early Yiddish texts, 1100-1750 / edited by Jerold C. Frakes.

Alternate Script for Title

‏ עלטערע יידישע טעקסטן 1750-1100 / ‏צונויפגעקליבן און רעדאגירט פון דזשעראלד פרייקס.

Imprint

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xlii).

Language

Explanatory text in English; historical texts in Yiddish, of which some are translations from Hebrew.

Local Note

Ania R. Hoptman Memorial Fund for Jewish Literature.

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Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

Added Author

Frakes, Jerold C., editor.

Alternate Script for Added Author

פרייקס, דזשעראלד.

Added Title Page Title

Elṭere Yidishe ṭeḳsṭn, 4860-5510/1100-1750

Alternate Script for Added Title Page Title

עלטערע יידישע טעקסטן, ד׳תתס־ה׳תקי/1750-1100

Research Call Number

Desk-JWS PJ5111 .E25 2004