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Die jiddischsprachige Holocaust-Literatur gehört zur frühesten dieses Genres und weist spezifische Charakteristika auf. So wurde die Vernichtung des europäischen Judentums im Jiddischen als khurbn (»Zugrunderichten«, »Zerstörung«) benannt – eine Bezeichnung, die auf die Zerstörung des Jerusalemer Tempels (586 v. d. Z. und 70 d. Z.) zurückgeführt wird. 1. Einführung Die Ausdrücke Holocaust (vom Griechischen holokaustos, »in Gänze verbrannt«), Schoa (Hebräisch für »Katastrophe«) und khurbn bedeuten in heutiger Verwendung im Wesentlichen dasselbe. Doch verweist khurb…

Yiddish-language Holocaust literature belongs to the earliest of the genre and exhibits specific characteristics. For instance, the extermination of European Jewry was named  khurbn (“loss,” “destruction”) in Yiddish – a designation that can be traced back to the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem (586 BCE and 70 CE). 1. IntroductionThe terms Holocaust (from the Greek  holokaustos, “entirely consumed by fire”), Shoah (Hebrew for “catastrophe”) and  khurbn essentially mean the same thing in contemporary usage.  Khurbn, however, refers beyond the physical anni…

1. Middle Ages1.1. HebrewPrefaceThe rich and diverse medieval Hebrew literature that appeared between the 7th and the 16th centuries was inspired by traditional Jewish sources (adaptations of biblical and rabbinic tales), as well as by contemporary Arab and Christian literature (by means of genres, such as the maqamah, diwan, and sonnet, and themes, motifs, and cultural symbols). Although many of the authors of the Hebrew essays written in this period are unknown (e.g. Sefer ha-Maʿasim [The Book of Tales]), some are known (e.g. Berechiah ha-Nakdan’s Mišlei šuʿalim [Fox Fables]).As …