TY - BOOK AU - Fudeman,Kirsten A. TI - Vernacular Voices: Language and Identity in Medieval French Jewish Communities T2 - Jewish Culture and Contexts Series SN - 9780812205350 AV - PJ4995.F8 -- F83 2010eb U1 - 492.4/7 PY - 2010/// CY - Philadelphia PB - University of Pennsylvania Press KW - Hebrew language, Medieval-France KW - Jews-France-History-To 1500 KW - Jews-France-Identity KW - Jews-France-Languages-History KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3441648 ER -