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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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.