Worlds of Old Yiddish Literature

<p class=ql-align-justify>This volume opens the world of Old Yiddish to scholars and students of Yiddish and Jewish Studies alike. It is a further step to broaden awareness that Yiddish far from starting with the nineteenth century can claim a history of over a thousand years. Presenting topics such as the oldest traces of Yiddish bibliographical issues language interaction inter­­pretation contextualization and research history this vol­ume will contribute greatly to understanding of Western Yiddish literature. Uniting renowned and emerging scholars from various disciplines such as philology history literary criticism comparative literature bibliographical studies and musicology <em>Worlds of Old Yiddish Literature</em> makes Old Yiddish Studies the focus of interdisciplinary dialogue within and between its chapters.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>The editors are Simon Neuberg of Trier University and Diana Matut of the University Halle-Wittenberg.</p><p><br></p>