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Judaism: Torah, Talmud and Tradition

The Dybbuk and the Yiddish Imagination

A Haunted Reader

by Joachim Neugroschel · Joachim Neugroschel (ed. and trans.)

An anthology of Yiddish texts about dybbuks and possession, from early modern accounts of exorcism to modern literary works, including a translation of Ansky's play. It shows how the dybbuk passed from folk belief into modern Yiddish literature.

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