| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 385 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Thomas of Monmouth / Gavin I. Langmuir -- Little St. Hugh of Lincoln / Joseph Jacobs -- Little Sir Hugh / Brian Bebbington -- The Prioress's tale / Geoffrey Chaucer -- The Ritual murder accusation in Britain / Colin Holmes -- Hilsner affair / Frantis̆ek C̆ervinka -- Present state of the ritual crime in Spain / Sanford Shepard -- Damascus to Kiev : Civiltà Cattolica on ritual murder / Charlotte Klien -- Ritual murder accusations in ninetieth-century Egypt / Jacob M. Landau -- Twentieth-century blood libel in the United States / Abraham G. Duker -- The Feast of Purim and the origins of the blood accusation / Cecil Roth -- The Blood libel / Magdalene Schultz -- The Ritual murder accusation / Ernest A. Rappaport -- The Ritual murder or blood libel legend / Alan Dundes |
| Summary |
Annotation An assemblage of essays all treating the bizarre and dangerous blood libel legend, which goes back at least to the 12th century in Europe and continues into the 20th. According to this legend, Jews murder an innocent Christian infant or child for the ritual purpose of mixing the victim's blood with their matzah around Easter time. Paper edition (unseen), $17.50. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
| Analysis |
Myths and mythology |
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Jewish studies |
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Folklore |
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Jews Racial discrimination History |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-381) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Blood accusation.
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Christianity and antisemitism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Blood accusation.
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Christianity and antisemitism.
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Ritualmord
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Falsche Verdächtigung
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Geschichte
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Bloedbeschuldiging.
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Legenden.
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Antisemitisme.
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Juden.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dundes, Alan
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| ISBN |
9780299131135 |
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0299131130 |
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9780299131104 |
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0299131106 |
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