This publication contains my shortened qualification paper for a Bachelor's degree in the last module of my specialization area, linguistics, on the origin and history of Yiddish as well as my Bachelor's thesis comparing the social prestige of Yiddish and Hebrew. Both were graded as "very good". I thought it might be of interest to some or be useful as a starting point for other students. Please keep in mind that these were written during my Bachelor Studies and contain quotes and information from academic sources as well as graphics and pictures taken from academic publications and primary sources. More about this in the preface. Paper "Yiddish, a Language through the Ages" BA thesis "Sociolinguistics of Yiddish and Hebrew: Social Prestige and Instrumentalization of Semitic Languages"