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In this inspiring story of tenacity
A descriptive and flavorful language
beautiful paintings and prints by such artists as Moritz Daniel Oppenheim
"Every page of this book—marvelously translated by Zackary Sholem Berger—trembles with smoldering vitality
2019 Saul Viener Book Prize
The Early Modern Yiddish Bible: From the Mirkevet Ha-mishneh to Blitz and Witzenhausen by Morris M. Faierstein Holocaust History In this inspiring story ofThe translation of the Bible into the vernacular is a venerable Jewish tradition, more than two thousand years old. Ashkenazi Jewish culture was a latecomer to the vernacular Bible, and it was only in the sixteenth century that the Yiddish Bible made its appearance in print. Almost one hundred years ago, Wilhelm Staerk and Albert Leitzmann's survey of Early Modern Yiddish Bible translations were the first attempt to define this genre of Early Modern
