Blood and Belief : The Circulation of a Symbol between Jews and Christians / David Biale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biale, David, Author.

Series:

S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.

The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Christianity and antisemitism.

Antisemitism--History.

Antisemitism.

Blood accusation--History.

Blood accusation.

Blood in the Bible.

Blood--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Blood.

Blood--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2007]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Blood contains extraordinary symbolic power in both Judaism and Christianity-as the blood of sacrifice, of Jesus, of the Jewish martyrs, of menstruation, and more. Yet, though they share the same literary, cultural, and religious origins, on the question of blood the two religions have followed quite different trajectories. For instance, while Judaism rejects the eating or drinking of blood, Christianity mandates its symbolic consumption as a central sacrament. How did these two traditions, both originating in the Hebrew Bible's cult of blood sacrifices, veer off in such different directions? With his characteristic wit and erudition, David Biale traces the continuing, changing, and often clashing roles of blood as both symbol and substance through the entire sweep of Jewish and Christian history from Biblical times to the present.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction: Writing with Blood

1. Pollution and Power: Blood in the Hebrew Bible

2. Blood and the Covenant: The Jewish and Christian Careers of a Biblical Verse

3. God's Blood: Medieval Jews and Christians Debate the Body

4. Power in the Blood: The Medieval and the Modern in Nazi Anti-Semitism

5. From Blood Libel to Blood Community: Self-Defense and Self-Assertion in Modern Jewish Culture

Epilogue: Blood and Belief

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-279) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612762338

9781282762336

1282762338

9780520934238

0520934237

9781435611474

1435611470

OCLC:

476111568