Yiddish language structures by marion aptroot, bjorn. The yiddish works dauber analyzes were written or adapted and reissued in a period of historical ferment and of growing skepticism, and he examines them with an eye to potential fissures, complexity, skepticism, and anxiety, rather than simple acceptance, blind piety, and implicit assumption of stupidity p. Yiddish language structures presents ten new studies on structural aspects of yiddish in the light of modern linguistic theories which are of interest to linguists and philologists. The distribution of yiddish books and the polemics across. A new history of german literature harvard university. Marion aptroot, dutch and dutch influences in the yiddish of amsterdam jewry. While yiddish may have endured more than its share of popularizing by nonexperts like leo rosten a generation ago joys of yiddish, 1968 and neal karlen the story of yiddish, 2008 more recently, the interested anglophone reader is nonetheless well supplied with a variety of types of. Israel bartal, ezra mendelssohn and chava turniansky jerusalem. Neilsen, and updated for columbia university by michelle chesner. Symposium was established by erika timm and marion aptroot in 1998 as a forum for. Yiddish literature and language a companion to mendelecontents of vol. The museums collections document the fate of holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. Jul 12, 2017 articles are yiddish in yiddish, dovid katz, blitz and witzenhausen.
In 1985 she wrote her habilitation work in trier university department of germanistics, section of yiddish studies. Introduction the first two translations of the complete old testament into yiddish appeared in amsterdam in 1678 and 1679. It was copied with permission from the guide at the university of pennsylvania, created by bruce e. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. An introduction to the yiddish language and to jewish life and culture in yiddish and english 6th rev. Yiddish language structures by marion aptroot, 9783110339345, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Michael kimmage is associate professor of history, catholic university of america. Erika timm born 1934 is a german linguist, the author of works that have made fundamental contributions to yiddish historical linguistics and philology biography. Judaeogerman is the historical language of the ashkenazi jews. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the shapell center. Baumgarten, jean, introduction to the old yiddish literature, ed. Inspired by the expanded freedom of the press and the satirical and often vulgar spectatorial writings which were popular at the time. Yiddish political pamphlets of amsterdam jewry, 17971798.
In the demons bedroom is primarily a work of literary analysis and focuses on the capacities for nuance and reading on the part of the audiences of. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. A talk with marion aptroot, professor of yiddish at heinrich heine university in dusseldorf program hosted by boris. It originated during the 9th century in central europe, providing the nascent ashkenazi community with an extensive germanic based vernacular fused with elements taken from. The claim that there is a gradual hollandization of printed yiddish is basically true, but it does not take into account the differences between genres. Dusseldorf marion aptroot a goy who speaks yiddish is an illuminating study of the literature that provided christian readers with a titillating peek into yiddish. A yiddish adaptation of boccaccios decameron amsterdam 1710. Amsterdam yiddish symposium en menasseh ben israel. Writers of the jewish enlightenment and the birth of modern hebrew and yiddish literature stanford university press, 2004 the range of yiddish. Dutch impact on amsterdam yiddish prints sciencedirect. The first in a series of yiddish polemical pamphlets diskursn appeared one week before the elections to the second national assembly in the republic of the netherlands on august 1, 1797. Marion aptroot, contains the proceedings of this symposium.
Marion aptroot editor of judische geschichte fur kinder erzahlt. The second oxford winter symposium on yiddish language and literature reflects this trend and this collection of papers from the conference. Notes on the amsterdam yiddish bible translations by blitz and witzenhausen, studia rosenthaliana 27. Buy yiddish language structures by marion aptroot, bjorn hansen from waterstones today.
Peretz s arguments aimed at demonstrating the primary position of the bible as a jewish text, that yiddish culture is a jewish culture, and the fact that orthodox tales told in yiddish are part and parcel of any modern yiddish culture. What happened in hamburg a yiddish document about polish. Aptroot, marion, i know this book of mine will cause offense. The bible inand yiddish amsterdam yiddish symposium, 1 shlomo berger on. The distribution of yiddish books and the polemics across europe were possible. Marion aptroot editor of judische geschichte fur kinder. Perspectives on jewish culture aims to fill a gap that has become more and more conspicuous among the wealth of scholarly periodicals in the field of jewish studies. Marion aptroot the book presents ten databased studies on structural aspects of yiddish in the light of modern linguistic theories which are of interest to linguists and philologists. Marion aptroot, dutch and dutch influences in the yiddish of amsterdam jewry the contacts ashkenazic jews had with their surroundings influenced their everyday language, yiddish.
This also happened in amsterdam, where yiddish was spoken and written over a period of more than two hundred years. Until then, yiddish translations had been restricted. Yiddish polemical poems and plays in which polish and ashkenazic i. Jeremy dauber is assistant professor at columbia university. Should be reasonably easy to understand for a german speaker. Printing ladino and yiddish history of the early printed. Notes on the amsterdam yiddish bible translations by blitz and witzenhausen. Marion aptroot, in galkhes they do not say so, but the taytsh is as it stands here. Subsequently, he also implied another chronology of modern yiddish literature. Yiddish language structures by marion aptroot, bjorn hansen. Aptroot, marion in galkhes they do not say so, but the taytsh is at it stands here. Marion aptroot abteilung jiddisch heinrichheineuniversitat. Elyadas volume is rich with descriptions of the manuals and lexicons that provided a basic yiddish vocabulary or grammar for christian readers. Continuity and change in early modern yiddish language and.
The series seeks to highlight diversity within judaism as well as the interaction between jewish and nonjewish civilizations. The typology of yiddish and the name ashkenaz cannot serve as arguments to support. Yiddish literature and the early modern, by jeremy dauber. Marion aptroot, heinrich heine university dusseldorf, jewish studies yiddish. The bible inand yiddish amsterdam yiddish symposium, 1. See also erica timm, blitz and witzenhausen, in studies in jewish culture in honour of chone shmeruk, ed. From the earliest magical charms and mythical sagas to the brilliance and desolation of 20thcentury fiction, poetry, and film, this illuminating reference book invites readers to experience the full range of german literary culture and to investigate for themselves its disparate and unifying themes. The amsterdam yiddish bibles, 16781679 oxford, 1989.
This is a guide to the history of the early printed hebrew book. Studies in jewish history and culture aims to present a wide spectrum of studies that cover jewish history, society, and culture from antiquity to the present. University of michigan press, 2018 yiddish c 30 cap. The claim that there is a gradual hollandization of. Marion aptroot, bible translation as cultural reform.
Marion aptroot heinrich heine university dusseldorf academia. This book explores the unique phenomenon of christian engagement with yiddish language and literature from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the late eighteenth century. They address several levels of the language system including morphology, syntax and lexicology, and put special emphasis on mechanisms of internal and contact. A yiddish adaptation of boccaccios decameron amsterdam, 1710, zutot 3 2003 1529. By exploring the motivations for christian interest in yiddish, and the differing ways in which yiddish was discussed and treated in christian texts, a goy who speaks yiddish addresses a wide array of issues, most. Yiddish language structures by marion aptroot overdrive. Hollywood on medieval women mystics, jandirk m ller on gutenberg, marion aptroot on the yiddish renaissance, emery snyder on the baroque novel, j. The distribution of yiddish books and the polemics across europe were possible not least.
Marion aptroot at heinrichheineuniversitat dusseldorf marion aptroot. Dauber first briefly introduces the reader to early modern yiddish literature and its scholarship in order to set out the theoretical framework of this study, which he does brilliantly and lucidly. While yiddish may have endured more than its share of popularizing by nonexperts like leo rosten a generation ago joys of yiddish, 1968 and neal karlen the story of yiddish, 2008 more recently, the interested anglophone reader is nonetheless well supplied with a variety of types. Schneewind on natural law, maria tatar on the grimm brothers, arthur danto on hegel, reinhold brinkmann on schubert, anthony grafton on burckhardt, stanley corngold. The contributions are examples of databased research. German, like english, has had its share of popularizing books that often make experts cringe. A catalog of an exhibition from the yiddish collection of the harvard college library, marion aptroot and jeremy dauber, harvard university press, 2005.
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