Introduction
Article
Old Yiddish Literature: Historical and Cultural Perspectives: A Special Issue of In geveb
Aya Elyada and Matthew Johnson
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
Articles
Article
A German Tune, A Hebrew Script: A Yiddish Translation of Lutheran Liturgy
Roni Cohen
A Yiddish translation of a Protestant morning hymn reveals interreligious and intercultural exchange of religious poetry and music.
Jul 12, 2024
Article
The Catalog of Thirty-One Kings: Thoughts in the Twenty-First Century on Old Yiddish Epic
Oren Cohen Roman
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
Article
Women Wrote: Glikl in Context
Rachel L. Greenblatt
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
Article
The Writing Werewolf: Rabbinic Identity and Linguistic Understanding in the Old Yiddish Mayse-bukh (Book of Stories, 1602)
Annegret Oehme
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
Article
The Dangers of Being without a Frame (Con licenza de Superiori)
Claudia Rosenzweig
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
Essays
Review
Review of Rebekka Voß’s Sons of Saviors: The Red Jews in Yiddish Culture
Renate Evers
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
Article
On Editing the Old Yiddish Arthurian Romance Viduvilt
Astrid Lembke, Tatjana Meisler and Ina Spetzke
A report on the process of creating a scholarly edition of the Old Yiddish Arthurian romance Viduvilt.
Jul 12, 2024
Blog
The Paratexts of Para-Liturgy: A Selection of Found Tkhine Poems
Dalia Wolfson
Through translation and creative writing - in the form of found poems - Dalia Wolfson explores the experiences of the women reciting tkhines in the Early Modern period.
Jul 12, 2024
Interview
Old Yiddish Scholarship in the Past, Present, and Future: An Interview with Chava Turniansky
Chava Turniansky and Aya Elyada
Aya Elyada interviews Chava Turniansky and discusses her career, her research, and the state of the field of Old Yiddish language and literature.
Jul 12, 2024