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Bernard Spolsky, The languages of the Jews: A sociolinguistic history. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. xiv, 361. Pb. $36.99.

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Bernard Spolsky, The languages of the Jews: A sociolinguistic history. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. xiv, 361. Pb. $36.99.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2015

Sarah Bunin Benor
Sarah Bunin Benor*
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Jewish Studies, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion Linguistics, University of Southern California Los Angeles, California, 90007, USAsbenor@huc.edu
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Language in Society , Volume 44 , Issue 5 , November 2015 , pp. 736 - 740
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