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The Medieval Roots of Antisemitism
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ABSTRACT
This book presents a fresh approach to the question of the historical continuities and discontinuities of Jew-hatred, juxtaposing chapters dealing with the same phenomenon – one in the pre-modern, one in the modern period. How do the circumstances of interreligious violence differ in pre-Reformation Europe, the modern Muslim world, and the modern Western world? In addition to the diachronic comparison, most chapters deal with the significance of religion for the formation of anti-Jewish stereotypes. The direct dialogue of small-scale studies bridging the chronological gap brings out important nuances: anti-Zionist texts appropriating medieval ritual murder accusations; modern-day pogroms triggered by contemporary events but fuelled by medieval prejudices; and contemporary stickers drawing upon long-inherited knowledge about what a "Jew" looks like. These interconnections, however, differ from the often-assumed straightforward continuities between medieval and modern anti-Jewish hatred. The book brings together many of the most distinguished scholars of this field, creating a unique dialogue between historical periods and academic disciplines.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |16 pages
Introduction
chapter 1|14 pages
Volcanic Archives
part I|39 pages
Longest Hatred versus Invented Tradition
chapter 3|12 pages
The Making of Antisemitism in Nineteenth-Century Europe as an Invention of Tradition
part II|38 pages
Antisemitism without Jews
chapter 5|14 pages
Reception of Medieval European Anti-Jewish Concepts in Late Medieval and Early Modern Norway
part III|47 pages
Christianity and Antisemitism
chapter 7|10 pages
The Role of Medieval Northern Europe in Generating Virulent Anti-Jewish Imagery
chapter 8|14 pages
Between Anti- and Another Modernity
chapter 9|21 pages
The Gospel According to Gibson
part IV|38 pages
Islam and Antisemitism
chapter 10|16 pages
Narrating Antisemitism in Historical and Contemporary Turkey
chapter 11|20 pages
Arab Antisemitic Discourse
part V|59 pages
Bodies, Gender, and Antisemitism
chapter 12|21 pages
What’s in a Nose?
chapter 13|21 pages
Jewish Bodies in Postcards and Street Art
part VI|44 pages
Blood Libel and Ritual Murder Allegations
chapter 15|14 pages
The Ritual Murder Accusation as Medieval Invention
chapter 17|20 pages
A Rational Model for Blood Libel
part VII|53 pages
Neighbours
chapter 18|19 pages
“… and order was upset”
chapter 19|14 pages
Towards 1391
chapter 20|18 pages
“The present causes of past effects”
part VIII|21 pages
Economy and Finance
chapter 21|11 pages
Jewish Usurers, Blood Libel, and the Second-Hand Economy
chapter 22|8 pages
The Deeper the Roots, the Deadlier the Antisemitism?
part IX|47 pages
Land and Home
chapter 23|14 pages
The Theology of the Land in Jewish-Christian Relations and Its Role in Misunderstandings between Jews and Christians
chapter 25|16 pages
Between Eternity and Wandering
part X|47 pages
Medieval Roots and Anti-Judaism