The Blood Libel Legend: A Casebook in Anti-Semitic Folklore

by Alan Dundes

Alan Dundes, in this casebook of an anti-Semitic legend, demonstrates the power of folklore to influence thought and history. According to the blood libel legend, Jews murdered Christian infants to obtain blood to make matzah. Dundes has gathered here the work of leading scholars who examine the varied sources and elaborations of the legend. Collectively, their essays constitute a forceful statement against this false accusation.
The legend...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299131149
• ISBN13: 9780299131142
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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