Yiddish letters from the seventeenth-century world of Glikl Hamel

These two collections of Yiddish letters date from the second half of the 17th century and are being published here in full for the first time. The opening five-letter collection was archived together with extensive information about three Jews from Hamburg-Altona, who had been arrested and investig...

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Weitere Verfasser: Arnheim, Arthur (HerausgeberIn), Ṭurnyansḳi, Ḥaṿah (HerausgeberIn)
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Veröffentlicht: Tel Aviv The Hebrew University Magnes Press 2020
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Zusammenfassung:These two collections of Yiddish letters date from the second half of the 17th century and are being published here in full for the first time. The opening five-letter collection was archived together with extensive information about three Jews from Hamburg-Altona, who had been arrested and investigated in Copenhagen in August 1666. The second collection consists of eighteen letters exchanged between Hamburg-Altona and Copenhagen in January 1678. They concern the family and business affairs of a range of people, among them some of Glikl Hamel’s relatives, business associates and acquaintances. Together, the two collections provide a wealth of illuminating new details about the economic, cultural, social, and family life of early modern Ashkenazi Jews in Northern Europe, and also shed light on the practice of Yiddish letter-writing at the time.
Beschreibung:181 Seiten
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ISBN:9789657008362
978-965-7008-36-2
9789657008379
978-965-7008-37-9