A Despicable Stain that Won’t Go Away: An Analysis of the Explanations that Scholars Have Offered for the Popularity and Longevity of the Blood Libel
2013
Abstract
The paper deals with the phenomenon of the blood libel. It critically analyzes and discusses hypotheses offered to explain the popularity of this phenomenon.
The paper suggests that there is no single reason for the longevity of the blood libel but that various contexts and their subtleties should be taken into account.