Jonathan Frankel

The Damascus Affair

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

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 823g
• ISBN-13: 9780521483964
• ISBN-10: 0521483964
• Artikelnr.: 21697927

Inhaltsangabe

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.