The Damascus Affair "Ritual Murder, Politics, and the Jews retailer in 1840" by Johnathon Frankel - Vintage Paperback 1997

The Damascus Affair

'Ritual Murder', Politics, and the Jews in 1840

By Jonathan Frankel, Frankel · 1997

 

In February 1840 an Italian monk and his servant retailer disappeared in Damascus. Many Jews in that city were charged with ritual murder and tortured until they confessed. The case turned into a cause celebre across much of the Western world, even becoming a factor in the major diplomatic conflicts of the period. This is the first book since the 1840s to analyze the Damascus affair.

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Product Details

ISBN:9780521482462, 0521482461

Page count:491

Published:January 13, 1997

Format:Hardcover

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Language:English

Author:Jonathan Frankel

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