Producing Redemption in Amsterdam: Early Modern Yiddish Books in Paratextual Perspective by Shlomo Berger

Producing Redemption in Amsterdam: Early Modern Yiddish Books in Paratextual Perspective

Studies in Jewish History and Culture

Shlomo Berger

233 pages • missing pub info (view editions)

nonfiction classics history literary
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Yiddish was the basic Ashkenazi vernacular in the early modern period. The vast majority of the population was not educated and Yiddish books were printed in order to assist them with keeping a solid Jewish life. Being a basically German language ...

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