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Speaking Jewish: The Talmudy blues of semantic and Semitic environments
- Source: Explorations in Media Ecology, Volume 19, Issue 2, Jun 2020, p. 205 - 210
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- 02 Nov 2019
- 17 Jan 2020
- 01 Jun 2020
Abstract
With shout outs to Edward Sapir, Benjamin Whorf, Marshall McLuhan, Michael Wex and Ludwig Wittgenstein, this paper will explore both the structures of Yiddish and Kabbalistic hermeneutics. Focusing on the aphoristic nature of Yiddish as a series of media ecological probes, and how thirteenth-century Kabbalah offers multiperspectival strategies for negotiating truth, it will expose how both through its form and presentation, speaking ‘Jewish’ reshapes culture and provides a model for survival.
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