A goy who speaks Yiddish : Christians and the Jewish language in early modern Germany

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Label

A goy who speaks Yiddish : Christians and the Jewish language in early modern Germany

Title remainder

Christians and the Jewish language in early modern Germany

Statement of responsibility

Aya Elyada

Creator

• Elyada, Aya, 1977-

Subject

• Christian scholars -- Germany -- History
• Christianity and other religions -- Judaism
• Judaism -- Relations | Christianity
• Yiddish language -- Study and teaching -- Germany -- History
• Yiddish language in literature
• Yiddish literature -- Study and teaching -- Germany -- History
• Christian literature, German -- History and criticism

Language

eng

Summary

"This book explores the unique phenomenon of Christian interest in and engagement with Yiddish language and literature from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the late eighteenth century. It explains why some Christians were preoccupied with Yiddish and discusses the various ways in which they depicted this Jewish language and its literature in their writings. In the process, it sheds light on the broader linguistic, theological, cultural, and social concerns of early modern Christian authors and their intellectual environment"--provided by publisher

Member of

• Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture

Cataloging source

CSt/DLC

Dewey number

439.10882743

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture