Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Culture and History
Angaben zur Quelle:
22,1 (2021) 1-16
Keywords:
Bass, Shabbetai ben Joseph,
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Bass, Shabbetai ben Joseph, Criticism and interpretation
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Yiddish literature History and criticism
Abstract:
This essay examines two works produced in 1680 by the Jewish author and bibliographer, Shabbethai Meshorer Bass: his famous Hebrew bibliography, Sifte yeshenim, and his enigmatic Yiddish travel guide, Masekhet derekh erets. In both works, Bass relied heavily on previous sources, either in Latin or in German, which remained, for the most part, unacknowledged. The article offers a comparative reading of the two works, focusing particularly on the understudied Masekhet derekh erets, to exemplify the porous and deeply collaborative nature of early modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature.
DOI:
10.1080/1462169X.2021.1886718
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