‘Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Antisemitic Myth’ by Dr. Magda Teter

The blood libel — the accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals, especially for baking Passover matzos — is one of history’s most pernicious and long-lived antisemitic tropes. Dr. Magda Teter has conducted extensive research on the subject and authored the book Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Antisemitic Myth. She is the Shvidler Chair in Jewish Studies at Fordham University.
 
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Learn more about the blood libel against the Jews on Wikipedia. >>
 
 
Reviews of Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Antisemitic Myth
 
“An intellectual tour de force. This authoritative study of the blood libel and its ramifications in early modern Europe will become a classic.” — Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia, author of Trent 1475: Stories of a Ritual Murder Trial
 
“A work of wide-ranging research, great insight, and remarkable erudition. This will be the definitive book on blood libel for a long time to come, equally important for readers of Jewish history and Christian history in early modern Europe.” — Larry Wolff, author ofInventing Eastern Europe: The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment
 
“In this deeply researched and meticulously argued book, Magda Teter offers the first comprehensive study of the origins and afterlife of one of the most virulent and harmful of all anti-Jewish accusations. But Blood Libel is far more than a narrative history. By highlighting the central role of printed books, broadsheets, and images in the dissemination of the libel, Teter illuminates the mechanisms by which hate can be generated, and offers a powerful and sobering lesson for our own time.” — Sara Lipton, author of Dark Mirror: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Jewish Iconography
 
“[A] magisterial account of the blood libel and its origins” — The Times Higher Education
 
“A gripping history of an undying lie….“Blood Libel,” amazingly for an academic work, reads like a high-end crime novel; it’s a page-turner that the reader will have difficulty putting down.” — Jerome Chanes, The New York Jewish Week
 
Sources: Association for Jewish Studies, Wikipedia, thebloodlibeltrail.org/reviews
 
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