Contents; Chronological Listing of Texts; Index of Texts by Genre; Sources Cited: Manuscripts and Early Printed Editions; Symbols and Abbreviations; Introduction; Acknowledgements; YIDDISH TEXTS WITH INTRODUCTIONS AND NOTES
Summary
This is the first comprehensive anthology of early Yiddish literature for more than a century. It includes the broad range of genres that define the corpus: from heroic epic and devotional literature to oaths, legends, fables, and riddles. The 130 texts in the original Hebrew alphabet have all been freshly edited from the earliest extant sources; introductory headnotes give up-to-date bibliographical and codicological information. - ;This volume is the first comprehensive anthology of early Yiddish literature (from its beginnings in the twelfth century to the dawn of modern Yiddish in the mid-
