Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Christian Images and Their Jewish Desecrators: The History of an Allegation, 400-1700
Christian Images and Their Jewish Desecrators: The History of an Allegation, 400-1700
Christian Images and Their Jewish Desecrators: The History of an Allegation, 400-1700
Ebook742 pages10 hours

Christian Images and Their Jewish Desecrators: The History of an Allegation, 400-1700

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

In Christian Images and Their Jewish Desecrators, historian Katherine Aron-Beller analyzes the common Christian charge that Jews habitually and compulsively violated Christian images, identifying this allegation as one that functioned alongside other anti-Jewish allegations such as ritual murder, blood libel, and host desecration to ultimately inform dangerous and long-lasting prejudices in medieval and early modern Europe.

Through an analysis of folk tales, myths, legal proceedings, and religious art, Aron-Beller finds that narratives alleging that Jews committed violence against images of Christ, Mary, and the disciples flourished in Europe between the fifth and seventeenth centuries. She then explores how these narratives manifested differently across the continent and the centuries, finding that their potency reflected not Jewish actions per se, but Christians’ own concerns about slipping into idolatry when viewing depictions of religious figures. In addition, Aron-Beller considers Jews’ own attitudes toward Christian imagery and the ways in which they responded to and rejected—or embraced—such allegations. By examining how desecration allegations affected Jewish individuals and communities spanning Byzantium, medieval England, France, Germany, and early modern Spain and Italy, Aron-Beller demonstrates that this charge was a powerful expression of the Christian majority’s anxiety around committing idolatry and their eagerness to participate in practices of veneration that revolved around visual images—an anxiety that evolved through the centuries and persists to this day.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJan 9, 2024
ISBN9781512824117
Christian Images and Their Jewish Desecrators: The History of an Allegation, 400-1700

Related to Christian Images and Their Jewish Desecrators

Related ebooks

Jewish History For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for Christian Images and Their Jewish Desecrators

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Christian Images and Their Jewish Desecrators - Katherine Aron-Beller

    ebook_preview_excerpt.htmlݎW&*"`?%R%JU^.N{D=? ^b~@_,(Uno'Y>3;xdRi 0@w~>IwY'۾:]TCڲxmq5T>]?,ML~[YT0](ܽrݻP.۪۪8J? Ϟ~YWO/>.|ūǫqi" CňTWUj,W05ŋ'=V2B񪗧6fX]Vmu%wɆgŪj ك\vŀ]Y-'v&,Xݎ_mݓg_=?Os_={O|u˯Ӷoϊ_==Og?\{W}َOZܻ{/˾MSC!WeUO_H*Y.n[ 4A .ꪐOնkBU=F1JNT¡XV}ߕ=;<Mcq(t]= _8r3_%/B.euX̯;};NOE&X~tuuuIo以sK9Qϸ Ν uª.J']-/+-)ŽԿ{rAU(< w![9ʝx9 3?ݢ J/B؅م໱UˬoJ\C-nӗ"u)J,~YƩ'~qKu{}8]^(tbп #|nyLTF.rv$SPϿz {*'}G /GÛЎ3Bt&jn7n~t_4_|kQ0Y;v}ݏlT$gu3kS, WG" ?[<|كW_U^*o4vͿ~xr_T3/C5={ѕxI흷|/gœ0TTӵ+!E7^{Bu~{|mY>luvWMUnvF[(tNIƨ~ZuqF(4_xQvwSQNwD ]f VS-t'CO/B{н(ηTgyE:6B_l[G$}'ȧz|V:B#?L*G~%Nj{'ŋz U&NS.ݶx9KQ #|^V`&E7}߄_'Qv}ՊJs9=π09K?Vva)tB`h;k1-wͷ'ɉRVWpr5,y%Ne5^ܥ@<l>Vp8^L}[6}NYw*e׏bCDJ3,!HChB5O^௺oe9_?$&-k#-N?* 'qWs>ԝ}>B5lFZ`؞VQdO;1YlBY8!x ZE݉}%`7ā+I{w]O Ɲ'}7_%t]#k{D0RuFY_?z{'3 ^v/6:D=zپ칯bNH"ؙ͇l {bntnc1sa/{,BR>PD#Vcy ֶ%%}bWn oC-rZngQ p (k*P;j Z}A|w1 ν{Gk{D0,בGmYŭގKԽB KXد_փwY>.@tZW~XaP›G>Hz4uQ-6j^;t#!'$ g޻ж`J^? kDT1\A&sDlv,ɶnJCtKE !~vu! ~}a4K,-*?[ Ȗj,$qleN U՗{MW]wz_NrLv(mk˶7eן_ȆrwO z™ȡb85NRiAz Fj+69q !@ԁN9E^xtrHleACUvZboWPc)G|R<@vRaۭ.VF~\ o*hN+7%כI|EZzGZ|h{~C^66Q?r rA_X\YnN5d9LB ȨT}5K PhMx@,8XPᄌhqZU[J GXW “pi{]Yvd*>f8'  2(ʙZш s#_걋Uxnd\"j&O&]/:AO fN 唴 !CJk1UD 4HYF곮<,X mn"vkepa}<#T.*aFOS?2C%1N𻏎c.5 &bDL$Բ'R+qS;RYiNCDQD}o"i))o[Bʖu-"b]cP}} &H)12OwbF[-dOfc)lVEXwdb& >QH+<]ƭc}pa}X>>͕1 FB$SAɐ j"d0nMH`EAsF΋,<JvjHɎeuF!MuDU_PhUG *F8 =vh^JѮ!;ca9LmzWBHDCT\pHbp}EM>~E9m噲FN:Cfu Vn1 >SXHA@ҙA%u;]C"4ڮL-%DHg)^XX}QXQD_"ű~J{q1DֻH/E}HdޥYrħ䟇7FP6`̶WI |ݮ9 a~4$ R22 VW2(些˒䈩 E`,FD4Fx c*SܪN6' v@/]QoC/j/ᬥ K%Y# VW<_6XK BY6J]6XSB"u)FxHv@*Aߤ ]QJo]=r( YO]Max<#.j-B`l4^O "g.m2v){Jpn>mVdåX[cQV| -a!g J~+~m 6Sl2ҥ [Q:bv9Nb\T+@JujAʄP&%,uYµXӾ GBnΠu%(F$#W:41<| (J50L{ 5B.,=ԡ\*P|5d?Q|%L xkQIv⎋9X1׉u :2GkWYC8&]޹#!$͹h g1@- UUsMq2^]Ј9MM%2jU5+ jkӋNl6;ۄ<`MIS_BE/ѴCd3`Z}SOUǠ-|D([M/PmE@Hz_ 2O~lU/Vї`Mn_mAVXQ썳"D9] s@.,yE7:LoƔ 8jRyz@yȕ3b̊X՘. S&τϔ[uu r:rFxERxluزʺo2ZEkW'\z9*1{fRx%DQSpؚUJ TO/qzB82|KZ^4@؈Wul^:y5\5_Ms0XFޛ=[vvU猎ETt0up Cg;s-xRSr E0.4"z7g]ӊZ[ [xTP\h*2Dֻ"ZDqjyy&LeqZp+;;+@vک?h^荂4+RAC<5 -ﳈ T UsV@Г5oe! VQ5؟pSRufۑ94|H|p5D:өEVֱxC+R't@]v?f3E۵3 5,ަ>PvڃȔK т 0 R׍ -aQt067[2y)xHrWDz4{`FN~ͬu&)=ɑ%wG"jfT!U~_LʀԠY`x *+oy&"h+Lf} y!&@7TAg(CnƩǸ(b`l힫."G +MoInR0ZWaOU6 SPu3kqRf{"1,nF+g&jR{Dnᶈ`r)$ʑauXK\oAVHҥP#sHu)b9w̝N&{jfgJq-aE]BUg7uP_F*PNoPe9 ɘmXr+;^C &U\<>ש0Ȟ ӂ"y**`~BGVbb0dZ,p@\P&Є>\+~M1j ,?oQ`R<^sM)/hVf?c5_ͩ&#*[>xBM|p(KcFv$jr`%tgZAز8*w7߇qK 3i@]8~1DPYETg66P|**Q2gn6=zsZ+^;~$Z6*+,(8^O(-k& VzPc:O2IOfӪgqJQ"g0ġ)Kh$ O q3{>sؙ+E'x4b(7<|< Nfv(~XKa>RG\! լy`[k 8#y$`я`ADTf3Z:v~z]E㣕]vQN&jKDvs,U؆Z}!n͆Ov_ĂEՔQ JG:4 lhd u: 80^P᫹6XCLKu,10lՎt& {Cq+8E}ۭc< 1p6Ћ -hNYbv^tPPەw {R^ \X 96l[kT<رsQdST3qצVqcZUX";.']Wը30jz1 _5[&~F jL٘y< ޸#0ӑR5MyTACUE["'j=JȀj<yȁY!V3 z7^$?i(Ĵ*e?G@~ WqG)L*_=.c[t pXUhStS&WjZ;G٭2PqQN16V ')|mA>Cb>h(Vۨ&-?kTͱ|E "ARԙ*Um 1!újhBm&c GJ+Ɉ2Bxs=h̗^򥰈jR-sj'v:bH*0ba$mVw/M䨜 Wkb_:/ x+E'3ޱe_Lhp8 ӅBwQd c4[KWi$! ZەOL( ^e.dIʲsZ0EWSC!~#P2MXBT'ކ"̧ O) rn]X_ ?]s;S\SٲL{9(Oˉ* j/t ycYmU:\aOOQ"G?1`-TBHk !, vLW' 24IMnӧu QOZ3e4j6ё ކ<CK,Z@h@Kc2 2N #H[E lA(FYHFG,j,w,D ʲ}>!w@ɉ|T:tFӕ=sk -*Wm&&ŭ{]\Ϟ7D,"w̾hFk MCb"?ez'goDgTxgIK[8i15rS1Z:MQ"^͛{PzC$$c5YiIKM("QvWX'!^O*& 5[~H 4x ҃v)g&!Mg(Ƙ KD^r|QhqT rrJuIRYЧFwm5LmZ'$KdaŦ\9!< 6M9u \W!Y*δVX$~)7mf) d`0uQx|ҟƴQ;=}^&i'`Zrp/2[u~ a+6g8[EtR 8Lmvd X[m*`oZrH+$/qPc?ЧXNQ_#ەk|5eN^SfRe{أQ h;,-!#ySDJr67=6Ea>({ B]r89~=@1mk: lG}ա^J* 3oi`"[ACs7{*> G3 ^ᨔk=~*b1,2O%pʆ]Uw!+&,A +~|) !?^ Ɂj@c)\&m%̩2u,J5d[i"Lk84UI%S|=vy<"ʸJ@D/ں-ˁuhKZGG pZ\㰺!3j[ -۬;orDtALi:,m-:s/{f,}z[VbGnw { E]j%%礠`l,_."rvÌq13{48$t +4)YѐGD˂Kd3*U$2*D@zj{Pk?qYIaVE8mBB, CUz*Fy前}]mV+4kw5VIx`I&^uq5m:Zy9j%av4D`~8]qzz){j?SB ǻk EiYi}lEO:Aܞ0q|JK!HS+aׄ6EBjP`B#^jv kП0%ڝvqoP와_*4}y Iy'Q١hX/t 8=Z%Bw!0xL=h7I^FE/܀s(^ K UB^DN"xB􇔨K GfR*9XbG36ZcfuP*# %B2@"uNUhC>31Õ3v*m8㨠uWK15ב{ a\l3τbJ2H]}rG.alžEfbX>^j}.#7|ڕ4<#w9*eZp0Ӳ6iP si+ygV?ނpR{=޻`B m Z3jECm(J0*WyPpe M'zѣb O=ƻȲזMv;$g/;zGVV#1{kѶ\keLn<] WNi$lh En 4q]A{ Q/O<6 81XC=OA#H!0+7v&]ZC2BXO!꠨kEn{p\AB_Ri)v>law ,[^ܚF’<)i)"@"(uaȍpl[{evhæc޺ʼnreH4| 6oAaSvhæ谓/QgD?\摓L<6'B>ʌ[M9 G~SVcLݴ4qykSd~0k/bdi8xgeVUTf>dcxt-P=!-r<`nq-vcvud@,ib.(aYwdQ?8 R`X)}&T>9 ΰr,+v:cFW4 쨼ЫsՖEsY^?R^U>6C@fn,kl\ȼҨ]s$d6!2, :kaAcFX5 ,u "W/ 5t] +a-*t́`T^);gjyu ۩cޅ.G x&;^P.N!.B13#U@ ]3)WAW{[twk9U'9l;q" $ǥI2e]yM5/"V-\kWh3"2F;~Tф8r4(qJmy@B\6z>޻Ӈ{fs#!:.O%Y_X;>x% b4yFbu-Sa8,ޥ{d"HB ;;^H{C=+BE`q]0J9EHS~IЀTw ]7ՠ'հ:<'ɬ2[{Fx_xzf%y˫J5:ck_>*EQf&\vk$h {&Dc,SsC+uU[.(2i-NJ<֭/VFtu.GFLmp,77{Us`_Ui^pxL>Ӻ6h݄ųl  A^DLEs߸'wW.B7csDf0i`G MSnY=QgHP4O]F&[zh~3h O`I),kMj7Dk58팋ﭑ;\r-η73ցQ?qJ&&"osPf[эci $ɦH{1} 6ר:nsH][>!;s^n-OPi& q-tPhmXᩐumc̛Nߨftm1к,M'46qΐ91?_Eat {puXzXQݎޠwc}$pFqaz.EUF!խD,%4Y&ej#=釟]q!fmR[7(U%/$OCWE x:#Zm9u,Wi8bpohҊ)S)Ҙ\2;It0,` V;X+@>+ k am)mS̏ǎvե J9-5(@V"ٓ f2Uk]6Kz@94 DWfFE/(V38' U /_"ɰJBD |EAcF0x64r!N".K8;GXC&M葻{U]c9 ,9 \DZjx]d..PCuvv Rl"T,2e&lF:4=#਽A\UhXM6 tt@ط(QlW`s4t_W1ۭkt^EP' ~,fyl՝kjzX䛏T"3J0HCDȚ D4{Z~,dnQG#dІd2^@p>-U81xjN{Zv;B#g2ϊvBxbAm|!Lrbu^=Bݘ8ff3$ZCĨ8kr>D>Xr<@YuDHrK\ˤ8+.y n!1Pf^¶y>Gsy%mofG435YQQ(Xt9j"ȴNz^W2ͧvU Wch΃8n.ͧ:mԴu͡ Ŧ'! @*`=oj!6y0=B֐34\}qzʔF*İ2dxߊxVg-F 1_͛vo2ǂ [M<ӓ/orbbsAnAH<ř 㛩F<-wn1yf%@1 -E7W/<ɛů;A#@! jĸ#M>q5O3SM ؂/8{[R9)(?eBפ#$ gJ Ko9oʠC8*vWqmXTD@u]/X6;¶X֪9BYFkX Ws\dQ%n92Ǣ9.gSgB]zV.^cqM;?-澴arklo; `ܥcYꗬU*Z@+ S5~XC䧷H SͫLرkg]ƺTP\,WfO?j2Ra!)#Bx'2eqW {RQxeJR2  "8"!rw-H ;֎N\8 Hଝ"+ә(嶪aUPXv.~8!!o7 ÎzzE7IF}+dvsfl%LT{ʮe#HN -\JT*\Wt=66*bFGFYv5'zץYJ~4?+5Ί3QiL] &aSûœ԰|XSrOh}ĬOp"bOtM5s8\#kxBoմ 4f\UŬ6$d-pfhȡEx bl7ЍQUh-LP "5SkO M]kK3 '!z7 $ഩ|A諰ӪL|`DSӱ šo8tJ!UuDk 7HbrYvb9*]v! wcbTVaafÔ CmNW ;YDFL΁!؊g=X#).Z&:lI|tVY#kӯ(0!tASʷauz`.?s'e +m'|o >sdˁeHMY[mr*[vSl>wv6:)Z(?  [MT0φAOۺ\ؠmm w%-Hj(VT\kDV6(e| [3tl/*v#-Ue,`4A_$2DK1\G|Љ:H:L"aXnv7 5p"d ƛu%,vn280aY֡0J54"!J+p;q$IB-`ͪ/fke1ȑAvzhs( 9'^k7`dYd!Gk-sm6mSH^jD~=kgG_5+*J)KwՌ<xV-s<\Ƚwu)U8)޹{Wk}>?奔JV,!.p z;6@eVBhB=LtZCI'YpS1WbזV&4 bG H"bx(+M,]f+fϽkq 18}4y#n@-v1Qjiְ >$Ƃ-^wƋVuT6R ښhH=Fku SU͡ -kﴗkih-بkᵺ)H`[mCKU!%[q&bh`& ^8Vhxd vnѾֵ^?52RӲr6w̝$n q^;v7 UfW"#PD/wj=J9EѨ":7NƧ(y/4; (w'CȓyqZֶ*̺w8Aw71`ԆĦtŘ!1UxL\gy~ b՟"aKTmt:1濨Rdy ,kfOKēIG=rѲVWfc`7OmPQ;Q1/N*0ƶw+]SDdXhM+hΦ$ۀ\p jmgj!(\ +K a mkZv@Yٔ*Ś &955!̂HC*-&$} ̷xTH>UO~4d>H^#{h1{TfU//: k E?o>d}Gf|zvrb΄2 _M {r1u֖q\&0ZcG =69(niuq ܳ6jvP8" ;:&:TIa] fTdl>VMt/lQ_$X+/ey4Eo:!>F{xO5 $dwTZU~ûUV G^ h9mcuٜZ]D^ɜwm#RL^2u-;Ŭ,1ch~pL3ٝMCXE"pQe̒GU,`unDs&8 h!@ö 2o͞7ַuHwc,3;C^K܁zL E1Y1_͚ -zy^\9{g%78}UL#eAj6v{@-ԭɦD7y2xZE3",vM$%dy6gpײHn p+Ó^z1/+;Ș+7Xj;6]kV|%k-Qњc3TK7sxk%2)Fi~b[lyxl䨟x+M2Q{Z`歁9~XOH$x7:̡fW/-8Y?q$!ڦn/,Ww'(lNeUMӦ* bXUeeMDӿMЀм\Ci1}~=فᏫ8WacqIVxI{8Y\ϋf7.=V)3 +V&[8J7*fz1</̓)5Y{׭FY2gBιwFxdyز[p"ZjYx,U*c)w2荚mBefQrf vڑpQZ/倍+7 T;:+`<{a0Y)nGf].3l#!^ʺfS4xbTx6 ӆ/2̔R_ ƶvSMiŋy;WEgrmJ\]ʆI'ƢB Vi9I=h!=Xx𐝓nND'Ў~ Ms؎NIwr'
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1