Title: INTRODUCTION TO OLD YIDDISH LITERATURE; ED. BY JEROLD C. FRAKES
Description: This study opens up to a more general audience the cultural richness of Yiddish studies that stretches from its beginnings in the Middle Ages to the mid-18th century. The literature spans genres, from love lyric to kabbalistic treatises, and from travelogue to Renaissance adventure epic.
Subjects: Yiddish literature, history and criticism, Yiddish literature, History and criticism, Versions, Jewish religious literature, Tehinnot, Ethics in literature, Bible