The Blood Libel Legend: Casebook in Anti-Semitic Folklore: A Casebook in Anti-Semitic Folklore

by Alan Dundes (Editor)

• New

  Paperback
  1991

  $29.01

  According to the blood libel legend, Jews murdered Christian infants to obtain blood to make matzah. This volume examines the varied sources and elaborations of the legend. It deals with historical cases and surveys of blood libel in different locales, as well as literary renditions of the legend.