TY - JOUR
T1 - “Getlekhe un nisht getlekhe mayses:
T2 - The Mayse-bukh and its Readership”,
AU - Rosenzweig Kupfer, C.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This article demonstrates how Yiddish books (in particular, collections
of tales), in the era of the manuscript as well as the print age, were
intended for all readers - men, women and children. They were intended
for a reading public that enjoyed both ``godly{''} and ``ungodly{''}
stories in equal measure, at the same time and even in the same book.
This point is illustrated first with reference to two 16th-century
manuscripts that include a spectrum of genres, from rewritings of Hebrew
sources to German folktales, and then expanded through an analysis of
the Mayse-bukh, which contains not only stories based on talmudic
aggadot and narratives focused on German Pietists, but also a miscellany
of adventure tales taken from a variety of European sources (with and
without morals), resembling in structure the Italian Novellino. First
printed in 1602, the Mayse-bukh was presented by its editor as
appropriate and improving reading for everyone.
AB - This article demonstrates how Yiddish books (in particular, collections
of tales), in the era of the manuscript as well as the print age, were
intended for all readers - men, women and children. They were intended
for a reading public that enjoyed both ``godly{''} and ``ungodly{''}
stories in equal measure, at the same time and even in the same book.
This point is illustrated first with reference to two 16th-century
manuscripts that include a spectrum of genres, from rewritings of Hebrew
sources to German folktales, and then expanded through an analysis of
the Mayse-bukh, which contains not only stories based on talmudic
aggadot and narratives focused on German Pietists, but also a miscellany
of adventure tales taken from a variety of European sources (with and
without morals), resembling in structure the Italian Novellino. First
printed in 1602, the Mayse-bukh was presented by its editor as
appropriate and improving reading for everyone.
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/ffb88d71-e1cd-3773-8d2f-6ca9c0978be1/
U2 - 10.1628/jsq-2019-0016
DO - 10.1628/jsq-2019-0016
M3 - Article
VL - 26
SP - 203
EP - 233
JO - Jewish Studies Quarterly
JF - Jewish Studies Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -