The Damascus Affair: 'Ritual Murder', Politics, and the Jews in 1840

by Jonathan Frankel

Book Overview

In February of 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 c l... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521483964
• ISBN13: 9780521483964
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"