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Yiddish language translations of the Hebrew Bible. The first made Jekuthiel Blitz 1678 in Amsterdam.
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Glossaries and dictionaries
The Mirkeves hamishne, also known as Seyfer shel reb Anshl, was a Hebrew-Yiddish glossary of the Torah printed in Cracow ca. 1534.
Elijah Levita made a Hebrew Yiddish dictionary of the Pentateuch, the Five Megillot, and Haftarot (Konstanz, 1544).,.
Hebrew Bible
The first Yiddish Bible translation made the rabbi Jekuthiel Blitz (Amsterdam 1678) revised by Joseph Witzenhausen.
Apocrypha
Hayyim ben Nathan published the Apocrypha in Yiddish with the Hebrew title Sefer Ha Maasim in 1625.
Christian New Testament
The New Testament was first translated by Benjamin Nehemiah Solomon, (London 1821).
References
Bible translations into Yiddish Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA