Myth of Ritual Murder Jews and Magic in Reformation Germany

Name: Myth of Ritual Murder Jews and Magic in Reformation Germany
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ISBN: 9780300047462

ISBN-10: 0300047460

ISBN-13: 9780300047462

Edition: 1988 (Reprint)

Authors: R. Po-chia Hsia

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From the mid-fifteenth century to the early seventeenth, German Jews were persecuted and tried for the alleged ritual murders of Christian children, whose blood purportedly played a crucial part in Jewish magical rites. In this engrossing book R. Po-Chia Hsia traces the rise and decline of ritual murder trials during that period. Using sources ranging from Christian and Kabbalistic treatises to judicial records and popular pamphlets, Hsia examines the religious sources of the idea of child sacrifice and blood symbolism and reconstructs the political context of ritual murder trials against the Jews. "This volume combines clarity of thinking, elegance of style, and exemplary scholarly…

Book details

List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 9/10/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.94" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English