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The Damascus affair : "ritual murder," politics, and the Jews in 1840 / Jonathan Frankel.
Van Pelt Library DS135.S95 F728 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frankel, Jonathan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Persecutions--Syria--Damascus.
- Jews.
- Blood accusation--Syria--Damascus.
- Blood accusation.
- Jews--Persecutions.
- Damascus (Syria)--Ethnic relations.
- Damascus (Syria).
- Syria--Damascus.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 491 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- In February 1840 an Italian monk and his servant 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-470) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521482461
- 0521483964
- OCLC:
- 34243750
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