Blood and Belief: The Circulation of a Symbol Between Jews and Christians

by David Biale

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520257987
• ISBN13: 9780520257986
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"