Blood Libel - On the Trail of an Antisemitic Myth

Drawing on sources in eight countries and ten languages, Magda Teter tells the history of the antisemitic blood libel myth, whose long shadow extends from premodern monastic chronicles to Facebook. The vocabulary and images that crystallized and spread with the invention of the printing press are still with us, as are their pernicious consequences.

About the author

Magda Teter is Professor of History and Shvidler Chair in Judaic Studies at Fordham University. The author of Sinners on Trial: Jews and Sacrilege after the Reformation (Harvard) and Jews and Heretics in Catholic Poland, she has received fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim and Harry Frank Guggenheim foundations and was Mellon Foundation Fellow at the Cullman Center, New York Public Library.

Summary

Drawing on sources in eight countries and ten languages, Magda Teter tells the history of the antisemitic blood libel myth, whose long shadow extends from premodern monastic chronicles to Facebook. The vocabulary and images that crystallized and spread with the invention of the printing press are still with us, as are their pernicious consequences.

Product details

• Authors: Magda Teter, Teter Magda
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9780674240933
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24093-3
• No. of pages: 560
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / World, RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, General & world history, Jewish, General and world history, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict