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... Yiddish literature . The introductory essay by Northrup Frye addresses itself to the question of the modern conflict between the logocentric and empirical tendencies in Western culture , and provides models of thinking by means of which ...
... Yiddish literature . The introductory essay by Northrup Frye addresses itself to the question of the modern conflict between the logocentric and empirical tendencies in Western culture , and provides models of thinking by means of which ...
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... Yiddish poems . Perhaps Biblical figures enter Yiddish poetry so comfortably because of the enduring Jewish tradition of translation , aimed at making holy writ available to unlettered folk . There are many early Yiddish versions of the ...
... Yiddish poems . Perhaps Biblical figures enter Yiddish poetry so comfortably because of the enduring Jewish tradition of translation , aimed at making holy writ available to unlettered folk . There are many early Yiddish versions of the ...
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... Yiddish poems , Abishag ( 1 Kings 1 : 1-4 , 15 ) brings the world - his- torical Jewish king , conqueror of Jerusalem and founder of it as capital of all the Jews , into the presence of the pintele yid , the anonymous Jew , who makes up ...
... Yiddish poems , Abishag ( 1 Kings 1 : 1-4 , 15 ) brings the world - his- torical Jewish king , conqueror of Jerusalem and founder of it as capital of all the Jews , into the presence of the pintele yid , the anonymous Jew , who makes up ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Tradition and Style of Biblical Wisdom Literature | 19 |
Parody and Authority in the Pardoners Tale | 43 |
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