Vernacular Voices : : Language and Identity in Medieval French Jewish Communities / / Kirsten A. Fudeman.

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• VerfasserIn: Fudeman, Kirsten A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Jewish Culture and Contexts
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 8 illus.

A thirteenth-century text purporting to represent a debate between a Jew and a Christian begins with the latter's exposition of the virgin birth, something the Jew finds incomprehensible at the most basic level, for reasons other than theological: "Speak to me in French and explain your wo...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Notes on Translations and Transcription and Typographical Conventions
• 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
• Chapter 3. Texts of Two Colors
• Chapter 4. Hebrew-French Wedding Songs
• Epilogue
• Appendix 1. Hebraico-French Glosses and Texts
• Appendix 2. The Medieval Jewish Wedding Song 'Uri liqra'ti yafah, gentis kallah einoreie
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• Acknowledgments