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A JPS bestseller, this is the definitive work of scholarship on the medieval conception of the Jew as devil - literally and figuratively. Through documents, analysis, and illustrations, the book exposes the full spectrum of the Jew's demonization as devil, sorcerer, and ritual murderer. The author reveals how these myths still exist in transmuted form in the modern era.

The Devil and the Jews

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    A Paperback / softback by Joshua Trachtenberg, Marc Saperstein

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      Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
      Publication Date: 27/09/2002
      ISBN13: 9780827602274, 978-0827602274
      ISBN10: 0827602278
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      European history: medieval period, middle ages Social and cultural history

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      Book Synopsis
      A JPS bestseller, this is the definitive work of scholarship on the medieval conception of the Jew as devil - literally and figuratively. Through documents, analysis, and illustrations, the book exposes the full spectrum of the Jew's demonization as devil, sorcerer, and ritual murderer. The author reveals how these myths still exist in transmuted form in the modern era.

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