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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Preface to the Hebrew Edition | |
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| Preface to the English Edition | |
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| Introduction: Et Major Serviet Minori (and the Elder Will Serve the Younger) | |
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| The Thematic Framework | |
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| The Early Typology: Esau Id Est Edom | |
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| The Late Typology: Edom Id Est Roma | |
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| The Conciliatory Approach of Modern Research | |
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| The Mother, the Daughter, and the Sister | |
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| Rome of Jerusalem: The Foundations of Jewish-Christian Hostility | |
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| The Sons of Ephraim and the Son of Joseph | |
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| Vindicta Salvatoris (The Vengeance of the Savior) | |
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| Legends of the Destruction-Anti-Christian? | |
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| The Passover of Egypt and the Passover of Jerusalem | |
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| Development of the Stories | |
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| Parallels Between the Jewish Haggadah and the Christian "Haggadahs" | |
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| The "Midrash" of the Haggadah | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| A Note on the Research | |
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| The Vengeance and the Curse: Hostility to Christianity Among Ashkenazic Jewry | |
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| Vengeful Redemption | |
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| Proselytizing Redemption | |
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| The Curse | |
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| The Curse on Yom Kippur | |
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| Pour Out Thy Wrath | |
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| The Impression of the Curses on Christians | |
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| Intersecting Stories: From Martyrdom to Ritual Murder Accusations | |
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| The Blood | |
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| Self-Sacrifice | |
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| The Sacrifice of Children | |
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| The Libel | |
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| The Impact of the Blood Sacrifice on Christians | |
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| The Libel of Blois and the Story of Bristol | |
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| Inverted Ceremonies: The Host, the Matzah, and the Quarrel | |
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| The Great Sabbath | |
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| The Burning of Leaven | |
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| The Eruv of Courtyards | |
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| The Afikoman | |
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| Haroset | |
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| Summary | |
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| The End of the Millennium (1240): Jewish Hopes, Christian Fears | |
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| Calculations of the End at the Turn of the Jewish Millennium | |
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| Messianism, Immigration to the Land of Israel, and Settling the Land | |
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| Fulda 1235, Paris 1240: Christian Reactions? | |
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| The Mongolian Threat: The Ten Tribes? Gog and Magog? | |
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| A Synchronic Overview | |
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| A Jewish End and a Christian End | |
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| Index | |