Early Yiddish Epic by Jerold Frakes Yiddish Learning where they live under assumed

where they live under assumed names to hide their Jewish identity

But what hope is there for adventure

one that bridges all cultures

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a biography of each writer in English and Yiddish as well as notes in English about each selection

Early Yiddish Epic by Jerold Frakes Yiddish Learning where they live under assumedTranslated by Jerold 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