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Blood inscriptions : science, modernity, and ritual murder at Europe's Fin de Siècle /

Although the Enlightenment had seemed to bring an end to the belief that Jews murdered Christian children for ritual purposes, charges of the so-called blood libel continued on either side of the turn to the twentieth century. Hillel J. Kieval examines four cases to consider how discredited beliefs...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kieval, Hillel J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022.
Colección:Jewish culture and contexts.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Although the Enlightenment had seemed to bring an end to the belief that Jews murdered Christian children for ritual purposes, charges of the so-called blood libel continued on either side of the turn to the twentieth century. Hillel J. Kieval examines four cases to consider how discredited beliefs became plausible to educated European elites.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:9780812298383
0812298381