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842802
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Fudeman, Kirsten Anne.
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| Title & Author
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Vernacular voices : : language and identity in medieval French Jewish communities /\ Kirsten A. Fudeman.
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia :: University of Pennsylvania Press,, ©2010.
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1 online resource (xi, 254 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0812205359
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: 9780812205350
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0812242505
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9780812242508
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OldControl:muse9780812205350.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: the medieval French Jewish community in its linguistic context -- Language and identity -- Speech and silence, male and female in Jewish-Christian relations: Blois, 1171 -- Texts of two colors -- Hebrew-French wedding songs: expressions of identity -- Appendix 1. Hebraico-French glosses and texts -- Appendix 2. The medieval Jewish wedding song 'Uri liqra'ti yafah, gentis kallah einoreie -- Bibliography -- Index.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Hebrew language, Medieval-- France.
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Jews-- France-- History-- To 1500.
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Jews-- France-- Identity.
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Jews-- France-- Languages-- History.
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Hebrew language, Medieval.
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Jews-- Identity.
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Jews-- Languages.
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Jews.
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RELIGION-- Judaism-- History.
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France.
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| Dewey Classification
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492.4/7
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| LC Classification
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PJ4995.F8F83 2010
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