Vernacular Voices : Language and Identity in Medieval French Jewish Communities.
Fudeman, Kirsten A.
Vernacular Voices : Language and Identity in Medieval French Jewish Communities. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages) - Jewish Culture and Contexts Series . - Jewish Culture and Contexts Series .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Translations and Transcription and Typographical Conventions -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Medieval French Jewish Community in Its Linguistic Context -- Chapter 1. Language and Identity -- Chapter 2. Speech and Silence, Male and Female in Jewish-Christian Relations: Blois, 1171 -- Chapter 3. Texts of Two Colors -- Chapter 4. Hebrew-French Wedding Songs: Expressions of Identity -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Hebraico-French Glosses and Text -- Appendix 2. The Medieval Jewish Wedding Song 'Uri liqra'ti yafah, gentis kallah einoreie -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
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.
9780812205350
Hebrew language, Medieval-France.
Jews-France-History-To 1500.
Jews-France-Identity.
Jews-France-Languages-History.
Electronic books.
PJ4995.F8 -- F83 2010eb
492.4/7
Vernacular Voices : Language and Identity in Medieval French Jewish Communities. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages) - Jewish Culture and Contexts Series . - Jewish Culture and Contexts Series .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Translations and Transcription and Typographical Conventions -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Medieval French Jewish Community in Its Linguistic Context -- Chapter 1. Language and Identity -- Chapter 2. Speech and Silence, Male and Female in Jewish-Christian Relations: Blois, 1171 -- Chapter 3. Texts of Two Colors -- Chapter 4. Hebrew-French Wedding Songs: Expressions of Identity -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Hebraico-French Glosses and Text -- Appendix 2. The Medieval Jewish Wedding Song 'Uri liqra'ti yafah, gentis kallah einoreie -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
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.
9780812205350
Hebrew language, Medieval-France.
Jews-France-History-To 1500.
Jews-France-Identity.
Jews-France-Languages-History.
Electronic books.
PJ4995.F8 -- F83 2010eb
492.4/7