Christian Images and Their Jewish Desecrators: The History of an Allegation, 400-1700

by Katherine Aron-Beller

In Christian Images and Their Jewish Desecrators, historian Katherine Aron-Beller analyzes the common Christian charge that Jews habitually and compulsively violated Christian images, identifying this allegation as one that functioned alongside other anti-Jewish allegations such as ritual murder, blood libel, and host desecration to ultimately inform dangerous and long-lasting prejudices in medieval and early modern Europe.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1512824100
• ISBN13: 9781512824100
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"