Religious Violence Between Christians and

Thoroughly exploring the history of the conflict between Christians and Jews from medieval to modern times, this wide-ranging volume includes newly uncovered material from the recently opened post-Soviet archives. Anna Sapir Abulafia delineates controversial issues of inter-faith confrontation, and a number of eminent scholars from around the globe discuss openly and objectively the dynamics of Jewish creative response in the face of violence. Through the analysis of the histories of the Christian and Jewish religious traditions, this book provides a valuable understanding of their relationship as a modern day phenomenon.

Anna Sapir Abulafia is a Lecturer in History and Senior Tutor at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.

List of Abbreviations

vii

Notes on the Contributors

viii

Introduction

xi

Anna Sapir Abulafia

PART I STUDIES ON RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND JEWS

Christian Violence and the Crusades

3

(18)

Jonathan Riley-Smith

The Anti-Jewish Violence of 1096: Perpetrators and Dynamics

21

(23)

Robert Chazan

Christian Theology and Anti-Jewish Violence in the Middle Ages: Connections and Disjunctions

44

(17)

Jeremy Cohen

The Intellectual and Spiritual Quest for Christ and Central Medieval Persecution of Jews

61

(25)

Anna Sapir Abulafia

`They tell lies: you ate the man': Jewish Reactions to Ritual Murder Accusations

86

(21)

Israel Jacob Yuval

Anti-Jewish Violence and the Place of the Jews in Christendom and in Islam: a Paradigm

107

(31)

Mark R. Cohen

At the Frontiers of Faith

138

(19)

Gavin I. Langmuir

Christians and Jews and the `Dialogue of Violence' in Late Imperial Russia

157

(16)

John D. Klier

PART II ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

Religious Violence in Past and Future Perspective

173

(6)

Christopher Andrew

Some Thoughts on Anti-Jewish Violence in Modern Britain

179

(5)

Geoffrey Alderman

Religious Violence

184

(4)

Jonathan Riley-Smith

Religious Violence: Educational Perspectives

188

(5)

Deirdre Burke

Bibliography: Selection of English Translations of Sources and Further Secondary Reading

193

(3)

Index

196

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Religious Violence Between Christians and Jews Medieval Roots, Modern Perspectives

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