TY  - BOOK
AU  - Elyada,Aya
TI  - A Goy Who Speaks Yiddish: Christians and the Jewish Language in Early Modern Germany
T2  - Stanford Studies in Jewish History and C
SN  - 9780804782821
AV  - PJ5112 .E59 2012 
U1  - 439.10882743439/.10882743 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Palo Alto
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - Yiddish language
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Germany
KW  - History
KW  - Yiddish literature
KW  - Christian literature, German
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Yiddish language in literature
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Relations
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Christian scholars
KW  - Littérature yiddish
KW  - Étude et enseignement
KW  - Allemagne
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Littérature chrétienne allemande
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - Yiddish (Langue) dans la littérature
KW  - Christianisme
KW  - Judaïsme
KW  - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY
KW  - Scandinavian Languages (Other)
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Jewish
KW  - fast
KW  - Interfaith relations
KW  - Jiddisch
KW  - gnd
KW  - Christ
KW  - Deutschland
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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."
N2  - 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 treated in Christian texts, A Goy Who Speaks Yiddish addresses a wide array of issues, most notably Christian Hebraism, Protestant theology, early modern Yiddish culture, and the social and cultural history of language in early modern Europe. Elyada's analysis of a wide range of philological and theo
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