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The Devil and the Jews: The Medieval Conception of the Jew and Its Relation to Modern Anti-Semitism Paperback – September 27, 2002

by Joshua Trachtenberg (Author), Marc Saperstein (Foreword)

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A JPS bestseller, this is the definitive work of scholarship on the medieval conception of the Jew as devil—literally and figuratively. Through documents, analysis, and illustrations, the book exposes the full spectrum of the Jew’s demonization as devil, sorcerer, and ritual murderer. The author reveals how these myths, many with origins traced to Christian Europe in the late Middle Ages, still exist in transmuted form in the modern era.

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The Devil and the Jews presents the medieval conception of the Jew as devil-literally and figuratively. Through documents, analysis, and illustrations, the book exposes the full spectrum of the Jew's demonization as devil, sorcerer, blasphemer, and ritual murderer; as desecrator and heretic; as usurer infidel. Trachtenberg reveals, in a chilling study, how these myths, peculiar to Christian Europe in the late Middle Ages, still exist transmuted form today.

Paperback: 278 pages
Publisher: The Jewish Publication Society; 2nd edition (September 27, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0827602278
ISBN-13: 978-0827602274
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
Average Customer Review: 14 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221,529 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #285 in Books > History > World > Religious > Judaism
- #725 in Books > History > World > Jewish
- #1044 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Judaism

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Paula L. Schneider

Very interesting book.

January 7, 2016

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This book, though disturbing to read, is one of the most fascinating books I have read. Rabbi Trachtenberg did a very thorough work on this topic, and he takes care to cite his sources. It is an eye-opener to read about the madness that must have overtaken Western Europe during Medieval times that made Christians wish to malign Jews in such evil ways. The lies that were spread were fascinating to read about. I highly recommend this book to the casual, as well as the scholarly reader.

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Uncle Al

History - good stuff.

January 17, 2018

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We used it in a legal action. The other side lost,

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James R. Starkey

A MUST READ FOR UNDERSTANDING THE ROOTS OF ANTISEMITISM & MYTH

August 6, 2013

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This one will answer a lot of questions when it comes to antisemitism and how it has festered from one host nation to another for a thousand years. You will see many similarities relating to WWII Nazi Germany's treatment of their Jewish population and how the seeds were planted long ago by the fanatic antisemite Martin Luther. The mandatory wearing of 'Jew Badges' and other bizarre clothing and headgear in countries like England & France centuries before Hitler and his ilk. A real eye opener to all the urban myth created by early Christianity. Everything is well documented and objective too.

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Middle Ages and Images of Jews

June 28, 2014

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The book dragged a lot because I already knew most of the material. I had not realized how long ago this was written. If you've never read anything on this subject it might be a place to begin.

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klaus p. Fischer

Still the best account of medieval antisemitism

July 25, 2013

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Reprinting this old classic is much appreciated. Historical truth does not depend on the latest research, as it does in science. Older accounts are just as revealing as new ones.The true is not equivalent to the new.

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smAxe

as per the review on the back, "anti Semitism ...

August 14, 2015

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as per the review on the back, "anti Semitism baffles scholars," well it sure doesn't baffle those who are honest about history. ejected 109 times by various peoples and yet, it baffles jews as to why this happens.

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Sidney Orr

and excellent scholarship, not to mention fluid

December 22, 2014

I was lucky to find a copy in a University library. This is a magnificent piece of work,
and his footnotes, and excellent scholarship, not to mention a fluid, un-academic style,
are evident throughout. Never underestimate the magnetism of the latter, in academia!.
Prof. Trachtenberg however, relied, as all working in this field must, on the truly incredible
bar set so high by the Israeli Prime Minister's father: Prof. Netanyahu's:
"The Origins of the Inquisition in Fifteenth-Century Spain"

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Singular and exceptional work

August 7, 2001

Trachtenberg's the Devil and the Jew has only recently returned to print after decades of being unavailable. The book is so good, that it was even hard to find in libraries because it was so often stolen. Now at last it is available to the modern reader without having to resort to theft or exauting searches.
In this work, the author traces the history of the christian association between the Jew and the Chritian devil from early church history, but with a particular focus on the middle ages. Many of the myths that many Jewish murders have been based on, right up to the 20th century, have their roots in this period and Tractenberg does a tremdous job exploring them. While many others have written about this topic, (Moss, Towards the Final Solution being a particularly fine example) none of the more recent works have in any way displaced Trachtenberg's careful study.
This is a must for the collection of anyone intersted in this topic or anything else related to European Jewish History. Buy it now before it again goes out of print.

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The Devil and the Jews: The Medieval Conception of the Jew and Its Relation to Modern Anti-Semitism Paperback – September 27, 2002

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