A Goy Who Speaks Yiddish by Aya Elyada

A Goy Who Speaks Yiddish by Aya Elyada

The book explores the Christian interest in and engagement with the Yiddish language and literature in early modern Germany (ca. 1500-1750).

"A Goy Who Speaks Yiddish is an illuminating study of the literature that provided Christian readers with a titillating peek into Yiddish. . Elyada's volume is rich with descriptions of the manuals and lexicons that provided a basic Yiddish vocabulary or grammar for Christian readers . . . A Goy Who Speaks Yiddish is a major contribution to the study of Christian approaches to Jews and Judaism on the cusp of modernity."—Deena Aranoff, Journal of Early Modern History "Elyada's systematic study of Christian interest in Jewish vernacular literature elucidates how knowledge circulated between Jews and Christians in German lands."—Magda Teter, American Historical Review "Here, Elyada demonstrates in an exemplary manner how sociolinguistic theory and method in the hands of a conscientious historian can lead to truly innovative research."—Marion Aptroot, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf

Aya Elyada is Assistant Professor of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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ISBN 13	9780804781930
ISBN 10	0804781931
Title	A Goy Who Speaks Yiddish
Author	Aya Elyada
Series	Stanford Studies In Jewish History And Culture
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Stanford University Press
Year published	2012-11-07
Number of pages	280
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