Blood Passover - Ariel Toaff (Jewish Child Sacrifice) torrent

Translated from Italian by
Gian Marco Lucchese and Pietro Gianetti
Internet
2007
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE 7

I. AT VENICE WITH HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR FRIEDRICH III (1469) 17

II. SALAMONCINO DA PIOVE DI SACCO, PREDATORY FINANCIER 35

III. ASHER, THE BEARDED JEW (1475) 45

IV. PORTOBUFFOL�, VOLPEDO, ARENA PO, MAROSTICA, RINN 61

V. FROM ENDINGEN TO REGENSBORN: RITUAL HOMICIDES OR GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES? 75

VI. MAGICAL AND THERAPEUTIC USES OF BLOOD 93

VII. CRUCIFIXION AND RITUAL CANNIBALISM: FROM NORWICH TO FULDA 111

VIII. DISTANT PRECEDENTS AND THE SAGA OF PURIM 125

IX. SACRIFICE AND CIRCUMCISION: THE MEANING OF PESACH 137

X. BLOOD, LEPROSY AND INFANTICIDE IN THE HAGGADAH 153

XI. DINNER AND INVECTIVE: THE SEDER AND THE CURSES 163

XII. THE MEMORIAL OF THE PASSION 173

XIII. TO DIE AND KILL FOR THE LOVE OF GOD 189

XIV. "DOING THE FIG": RITUAL AND OBSCENE GESTURES 197

XV. ISREAL�S FINAL DEFIANCE 209

NOTES 225

DOCUMENTARY APPENDIX 307

BIBLIOGRAPHY 325

INDEX OF NAMES 349

INDEX OF PLACES 363


note: do not be alarmed by the summary which is in both French and English. The book is in English.