TY - JOUR
T1 - The lost Yiddish translation of Sefer Shivhei ha-Besht (Ostróg 1815)
AU - Meir, Jonatan
N1 - Funding Information:
* This research was conducted as part of the project to prepare a critical edition of Sefer Shivhei ha-Besht, with the generous support of the ISF (grant no. 1652/13). I would like to thank Mr. Isaac Slater who helped me to find the Yiddish editions in the National Library in St. Petersburg. The article was translated by Dr. Rebecca Wolpe. An extended version will be published in Hebrew.
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PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Sefer Shivhei ha-Besht is considered the central collection of hagiographic tales regarding Israel Ba'al Shem Tov (c. 1700-1760). It was first printed in Hebrew in Kopys in the latter part of 1814, and includes hundreds of stories that circulated orally and were heard by the author. The work was soon translated into Yiddish with significant changes, and three such translations have survived, each one very different to the others. The first translation, published in Ostróg in 1815, was believed lost. This article offers a brief description of the recently discovered edition, discussing its uniqueness in the context of the work's printing history and on the background of Jewish publishing in Eastern Europe.
AB - Sefer Shivhei ha-Besht is considered the central collection of hagiographic tales regarding Israel Ba'al Shem Tov (c. 1700-1760). It was first printed in Hebrew in Kopys in the latter part of 1814, and includes hundreds of stories that circulated orally and were heard by the author. The work was soon translated into Yiddish with significant changes, and three such translations have survived, each one very different to the others. The first translation, published in Ostróg in 1815, was believed lost. This article offers a brief description of the recently discovered edition, discussing its uniqueness in the context of the work's printing history and on the background of Jewish publishing in Eastern Europe.
KW - Sefer Shivhei ha-Besht
KW - Yiddish
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U2 - 10.1163/18750214-12151073
DO - 10.1163/18750214-12151073
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85053319067
SN - 1571-7283
VL - 15
SP - 94
EP - 113
JO - Zutot
JF - Zutot
IS - 1
ER -