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A Goy Who Speaks Yiddish : Christians and the Jewish Language in Early Modern Germany.

This book explores the unique phenomenon of Christian engagement with Yiddish language and literature from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the late eighteenth century. By exploring the motivations for Christian interest in Yiddish, and the differing ways in which Yiddish was discussed and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Elyada, Aya
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Colección:Stanford Studies in Jewish History and C.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Yiddish in the service of Christian theology. Introduction : Christian Hebraism and the study of Yiddish in early modern Europe
  • Yiddish in the Judenmission
  • "From the Jews' own books" : Yiddish literature, Christian readers
  • Blasphemy, curses, and insults : Yiddish and the Jews' "hidden transcript"
  • Ancilla theologiae : Yiddish as a Hilfsmittel for theological studies
  • Conclusion : the study of Yiddish and Christian-Jewish relations in early modern Germany
  • Yiddish in the Service of Jewish Deception. Introduction : Yiddish in the socioeconomic sphere
  • The merchants' tongue : Yiddish and Jewish commerce
  • The thieves' jargon : Yiddish and Jewish criminality
  • Conclusion : Yiddish as antilanguage
  • The Discourse on Yiddish in Early Modern Germany. Introduction : between Hebrew and German : the depictions of Yiddish in Christian writings
  • German of the Jews : linguistic affinity and the politics of differentiation
  • Yiddish and German in the Judenmission : the limits of linguistic adaptation
  • Christian Hebrew and Jewish Yiddish in early modern Germany
  • Conclusion : Yiddish-speaking orientals : language shift and the "Verbesserung der Juden."