Description |
1 online resource (xi, 254 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Jewish culture and contexts.
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Contents |
Introduction: the medieval French Jewish community in its linguistic context -- Language and identity -- Speech and silence, male and female in Jewish-Christian relations: Blois, 1171 -- Texts of two colors -- Hebrew-French wedding songs: expressions of identity -- Appendix 1. Hebraico-French glosses and texts -- Appendix 2. The medieval Jewish wedding song 'Uri liqra'ti yafah, gentis kallah einoreie -- Bibliography -- Index |
Summary |
Applying analytical strategies from linguistics, literature, and history, Kirsten Fudeman demonstrates that language played a central role in the formation, expression, and maintenance of medieval Jewish identity and that it brought Christians and Jews together even as it set them apart |
Analysis |
"Multi-User" |
Notes |
OldControl:muse9780812205350 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
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Jews -- France -- History -- To 1500
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Jews -- France -- Identity
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Jews -- France -- Languages -- History
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Hebrew language, Medieval -- France
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- History.
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Hebrew language, Medieval
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Jews
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Jews -- Identity
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Jews -- Languages
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France
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2009050751 |
ISBN |
9780812205350 |
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0812205359 |
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