TY - BOOK ID - 4786040 TI - Blood libel : the ritual murder accusation at the limit of Jewish history AU - Johnson, Hannah R. AU - Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan) PY - 2012 SN - 9780472118359 0472118358 9780472028436 047202843X 1282135155 9786613807731 9781282135154 6613807737 0472902547 PB - Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, DB - UniCat KW - Blood accusation KW - Jews KW - Antisemitism KW - Christianity and antisemitism. KW - Judaism KW - Christianity and other religions KW - Meurtre rituel KW - Juifs KW - Antisémitisme KW - Christianisme et antisémitisme KW - Judaïsme KW - Christianisme KW - History. KW - Persecutions KW - History KW - Relations KW - Christianity. KW - Judaism. KW - Histoire KW - Persécutions KW - 296*813 KW - 296*82 KW - Brotherhood Week KW - Antisemitism and Christianity KW - Hebrews KW - Israelites KW - Jewish people KW - Jewry KW - Judaic people KW - Judaists KW - Ethnology KW - Religious adherents KW - Semites KW - Blood libel KW - Murder, Ritual KW - Ritual murder KW - Blood KW - Human sacrifice KW - Christelijk antisemitisme KW - Dialoog joden - christenen KW - Religious aspects KW - 296*82 Dialoog joden - christenen KW - 296*813 Christelijk antisemitisme KW - Antisémitisme KW - Christianisme et antisémitisme KW - Judaïsme KW - Persécutions KW - Christianity and antisemitism KW - Religions KW - Persecutions&delete& KW - Relations&delete& KW - Christianity KW - Religion UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4786040 AB - The ritual murder accusation is one of a series of myths that fall under the label blood libel, and describes the medieval legend that Jews require Christian blood for obscure religious purposes and are capable of committing murder to obtain it. This malicious myth continues to have an explosive afterlife in the public sphere, where Sarah Palin's 2011 gaffe is only the latest reminder of its power to excite controversy. Blood Libel is the first book-length study to analyze the recent historiography of the ritual murder accusation and to consider these debates in the context of intellectual and cultural history as well as methodology. Hannah R. Johnson articulates how ethics shapes methodological decisions in the study of the accusation and how questions about methodology, in turn, pose ethical problems of interpretation and understanding. ER -