Articles

Lan­guage pol­i­tics are embod­ied by a rab­bi-turned-were­wolf in a mayse from one of the most influ­en­tial and pop­u­lar ear­ly mod­ern Yid­dish books.

Jul 12, 2024

Focus­ing on a retelling of Joshua 12:7 – 24, this study demon­strates the role of the epic in the rep­re­sen­ta­tion of bib­li­cal themes in Old Yid­dish literature.

Jul 12, 2024

A report on the process of cre­at­ing a schol­ar­ly edi­tion of the Old Yid­dish Arthuri­an romance Viduvilt.

Jul 12, 2024

The intro­duc­tion pre­views how con­tri­bu­tions expand our knowl­edge of Old Yid­dish lit­er­a­ture, while also shed­ding light on the study of pop­u­lar cul­ture, inter­cul­tur­al exchange, and gender.

Jul 12, 2024

A Yid­dish trans­la­tion of a Protes­tant morn­ing hymn reveals inter­re­li­gious and inter­cul­tur­al exchange of reli­gious poet­ry and music.

Jul 12, 2024

Plac­ing Glik­l’s writ­ing along­side writ­ings by oth­er con­tem­po­rary women in cen­tral Europe reveals what char­ac­ter­ized their shared lit­er­ary and cul­tur­al context.

Jul 12, 2024

Seam­less­ly inte­grat­ing his­tor­i­cal analy­sis and con­tex­tu­al explo­ration of the ​“Red Jews” motif with inves­ti­ga­tions into counter-his­to­ries, this work delves into lit­er­ary motifs and soci­etal dynamics.

Jul 12, 2024

By pre­sent­ing rewrit­ten Hebrew fables with­out an autho­r­i­al frame-sto­ry, the Kü-bukh presents morals that are the very oppo­site of what could be expected.

Jul 12, 2024

Oct 24, 2019

A review of Clau­dia Rosen­zweig’s new crit­i­cal edi­tion of the bove-bukh.

May 25, 2017