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.
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.
Preface 1. Introduction Part I. The Dynamics of Ritual Murder: 2. Ritual murder: official documents 3. The mechanics and motivations of the case 4. Beyond Damascus: early reactions 5. The consuls divide Part II. In Search of Support: 6. The press, the politicians, and the Jews 7. Restoring the balance: the Middle East 8. Political polarization and the genesis of the mission to the East Part III. 1840 - Perceptions, Polemics, Prophecies: 9. The crisis: Jewish perceptions 10. The religious polemics 11. Christian Millennialists, Jewish Messianists, and Lord Palmerston 12. Jewish nationalism in embryo Part IV. Last Things: 13. Alexandria on the eve of war 14. The final lap: public opinion in Europe 15. In the wake of the war: the return to routine Part V. In Retrospect: 16. Between historiography and myth: the two primary versions of the affair 17. Conclusion.
Preface 1. Introduction Part I. The Dynamics of Ritual Murder: 2. Ritual murder: official documents 3. The mechanics and motivations of the case 4. Beyond Damascus: early reactions 5. The consuls divide Part II. In Search of Support: 6. The press, the politicians, and the Jews 7. Restoring the balance: the Middle East 8. Political polarization and the genesis of the mission to the East Part III. 1840 - Perceptions, Polemics, Prophecies: 9. The crisis: Jewish perceptions 10. The religious polemics 11. Christian Millennialists, Jewish Messianists, and Lord Palmerston 12. Jewish nationalism in embryo Part IV. Last Things: 13. Alexandria on the eve of war 14. The final lap: public opinion in Europe 15. In the wake of the war: the return to routine Part V. In Retrospect: 16. Between historiography and myth: the two primary versions of the affair 17. Conclusion.
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