The Devil and the Jews: The Medieval Conception of the Jew and Its Relation to Modern Anti-Semitism / Edition 1

by Joshua Trachtenberg, Marc Saperstein

Overview

A JPS bestseller, this is the definitive work of scholarship on the medieval conception of the Jew as devil—literally and figuratively. Through documents, analysis, and illustrations, the book exposes the full spectrum of the Jew’s demonization as devil, sorcerer, and ritual murderer. The author reveals how these myths, many with origins traced to Christian Europe in the late Middle Ages, still exist in transmuted form in the modern era.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780827602274
Publisher:	The Jewish Publication Society
Publication date:	09/27/2002
Edition description:	2nd pbk. ed
Pages:	278
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Editorial Reviews

Chilling but essential.

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Deserves to be read carefully.

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