Early Yiddish Epic

by Jerold C. Frakes

Unlike most other ancient European, Near Eastern, and Mediterranean civilizations, Jewish culture surprisingly developed no early epic tradition: while the Bible comprises a broad range of literary genres, epic is not among them. Not until the late medieval period, Beginning in the fourteenth century, did an extensive and thriving epic tradition emerge in Yiddish.

Among the few dozen extant early epics, there are several masterpieces, of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815633556
• ISBN13: 9780815633556
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 2.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.3" x 10.2"