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- Title Pages
- Author's Preface to the French Edition
- Author's Preface to the English Edition
- Editor and Translator's Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Invention of a Language: Yiddish among the European Vernaculars
- 2 The Emergence of Yiddish Literature and the Crisis in Jewish Society
- 3 The Printing, Distribution, and Audience of Yiddish Books
- 4 Bilingualism and the Development of Old Yiddish Literature
- 5 Yiddish Bibles
- 6 Medieval Epic and Romance in Yiddish
- 7 Elia Levita and the <i>Romanzo Cavalleresco</i>
- 8 Books of Morality and Conduct
- 9 Prayer in the Vernacular
- 10 Yiddish Narrative
- 11 Terrestrial Suffering in a Topsy-Turvy World
- Conclusion: From the Old to the New
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
(p.xi) Editor and Translator's Preface
(p.xi) Editor and Translator's Preface
- Source:
- Introduction to Old Yiddish Literature
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
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- Title Pages
- Author's Preface to the French Edition
- Author's Preface to the English Edition
- Editor and Translator's Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Invention of a Language: Yiddish among the European Vernaculars
- 2 The Emergence of Yiddish Literature and the Crisis in Jewish Society
- 3 The Printing, Distribution, and Audience of Yiddish Books
- 4 Bilingualism and the Development of Old Yiddish Literature
- 5 Yiddish Bibles
- 6 Medieval Epic and Romance in Yiddish
- 7 Elia Levita and the <i>Romanzo Cavalleresco</i>
- 8 Books of Morality and Conduct
- 9 Prayer in the Vernacular
- 10 Yiddish Narrative
- 11 Terrestrial Suffering in a Topsy-Turvy World
- Conclusion: From the Old to the New
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
