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blood libel: a standalone construct

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blood libel1 CONSTRUCTBlood libelDUNDES · JEWISH HISTORY

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Jewish history

the accusation, arising in medieval Europe and shown by scholarship to be baseless, that Jews killed Christians to use their blood in ritual.

In Jewish history, blood libel refers to the accusation, arising in medieval Europe and shown by scholarship to be baseless, that Jews killed Christians to use their blood in ritual. This meaning comes from Dundes (1991) in The Blood Libel Legend: A Casebook in Anti-Semitic Folklore.[1]

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folklore1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructlegend1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · one word, several carriersritual5 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, four fields

References

  1. Dundes, A. (Ed.). (1991). The Blood Libel Legend: A Casebook in Anti-Semitic Folklore. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299131142

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