The Damascus Affair

This book assesses the impact of the Damascus affair on European and Jewish politics, including the Holocaust and creation of modern Israel.

Zusammenfassung
In February 1840, an Italian monk and his servant disappeared in Damascus. Jews there were charged with ritual murder and tortured until they confessed. This 1997 book assesses the impact of the affair on the European and Jewish politics of the time and as the stuff of radically conflicting myths which eventually led to the Holocaust and the establishment of the Israeli state.

Inhalt
Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. The Dynamics of Ritual Murder: 2. Ritual murder: official documents; 3. The mechanics and motivations of the case; 4. Beyond Damascus: early reactions; 5. The consuls divide; Part II. In Search of Support: 6. The press, the politicians, and the Jews; 7. Restoring the balance: the Middle East; 8. Political polarization and the genesis of the mission to the East; Part III. 1840 - Perceptions, Polemics, Prophecies: 9. The crisis: Jewish perceptions; 10. The religious polemics; 11. Christian Millennialists, Jewish Messianists, and Lord Palmerston; 12. Jewish nationalism in embryo; Part IV. Last Things: 13. Alexandria on the eve of war; 14. The final lap: public opinion in Europe; 15. In the wake of the war: the return to routine; Part V. In Retrospect: 16. Between historiography and myth: the two primary versions of the affair; 17. Conclusion.

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