The Footsteps of Israel: Understanding Jews in Anglo-Saxon England

by Andrew Scheil

"This innovative, well-researched study looks at anti-Judaic rhetoric in the Old English and Latin texts of Anglo-Saxon England-a land lacking real Jews. The author isolates a common pool of inherited images for portraying the Jew, and teaches us to hear, especially in the vernacular, their increasingly dark and disturbing inflections."
---Roberta Frank, Yale University

"The Footsteps of Israel is a fascinating study of a pervasive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472114085
• ISBN13: 9780472114085
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"