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BL
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635452
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Elyada, Aya,1977-
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| Title & Author
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A goy who speaks Yiddish : : Christians and the Jewish language in early modern Germany /\ Aya Elyada
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| Publication Statement
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Stanford, California :: Stanford University Press,, [2012]
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| Series Statement
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Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
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xvii, 260 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780804781930 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0804781931 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-253) and index
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| Contents
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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."
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Yiddish language-- Study and teaching-- Germany-- History
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Yiddish literature-- Study and teaching-- Germany-- History
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Christian literature, German-- History and criticism
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Yiddish language in literature
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Christianity and other religions-- Judaism
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Judaism-- Relations-- Christianity
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Christian scholars-- Germany-- History
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| Dewey Classification
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439/.10882743
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| LC Classification
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PJ5112.E59 2012
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