Joshua and Judges in Yiddish verse : four early modern epics. an annotated edition / edited by Oren Cohen Roman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cohen Roman, Oren, editor.

Series:

Jiddistik Edition und Forschung / Yiddish Editions and Research / ייִדיש אויסגאַבעס און פֿאָרשונג

Jiddistik Edition und Forschung / Yiddish Editions and Research / ייִדיש אויסגאַבעס און פֿאָרשונג ; v.5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism.

Bible. Joshua.

Bible.

Genre:

Epic poetry.

Religious poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts : De Gruyter, [2022]

Language Note:

Text of poems in Yiddish; footnotes and introduction in English translated from the Hebrew.

Summary:

Mit Band 5 präsentiert die Reihe Jiddistik: Edition & Forschung erstmals in einer kommentierten wissenschaftlichen Edition vier altjiddische Versepen aus dem sechzehnten Jahrhundert, die nur in historischen Einzelexemplaren erhalten sind. Diese Werke sind typisch für das einst populäre Genre der altjiddischen Bibelepik. Die Erzählungen greifen auf Stoffe der jüdischen Quellen zum Buch Josua und dem Buch der Richter zurück; sie adaptieren Stil- und Formelemente der mittelalterlichen deutschsprachigen Heldenliteratur und erweitern den biblischen Stoff um Passagen, welche die kulturellen Umstände ihrer Entstehung, vermutlich im deutschen und italienischen Sprachraum, widerspiegeln. Da diese Werke zu den frühesten Beispielen biblischer Versepen in jiddischer Sprache gehören, berührt deren Analyse auch die Ursprünge dieser Gattung und zeichnet ihren Weg von der Mündlichkeit zur Schriftlichkeit nach. Die kommentierte Edition präsentiert das Original im Älteren Jiddisch zusammen mit einer englischsprachigen Einführung.

This book offers annotated editions of four distinct sixteenth-century Yiddish epic poems, all preserved in single copies. Two of them retell the narrative found in the book of Joshua, and two relate the events described in the book of Judges. As typical specimens of the once popular literary genre, the Old Yiddish biblical epic, the content of the works is based on Jewish sources, while their style and form were influenced by German epic and chivalric literature. The epics often elaborate on the biblical narrative, with rich passages that echo the cultural setting in which they were composed, presumably German and Italian lands. The four epics are presented here for the first time in modern academic editions. They are studied and compared with one another, and footnotes provide information concerning the sources of additions and changes, translation methods, historical details, obscure words and idiomatic expressions, and more. As these epics represent some of the earliest examples of biblical epics in Yiddish, the discussion also touches upon the origins of the genre, tracing its path from orality to written text. The annotated edition presents the original Old Yiddish texts together with an English introduction.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Foreword

About this Edition

Introduction

Bibliography

Appendix: Recurring Rhymes

Editions

Epic Poem on the Book of Joshua. Cod. Parma, 1510 – 1511

Sēfer šōfěṭīm. Cod. Parma, 1510 – 1511

Sēfer šōfěṭīm. Mantua, 1564

Sēfer Yěhōšua‘. Cracow, 1594

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Cohen Roman, Oren Joshua and Judges in Yiddish Verse

ISBN:

9783110740899

OCLC:

1334344698