Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Preface to the Hebrew Edition Preface to the English Edition 1. Introduction: Et Major Serviet Minori (And the Elder Will Serve the Younger) The Thematic Framework The Early Typology: Esau Id Est Edom The Late Typology: Edom Id Est Roma The Conciliatory Approach of Modern Research The Mother, the Daughter, and the Sister 2. Rome or Jerusalem: The Foundations of Jewish-Christian Hostility The Sons of Ephraim and the Son of Joseph Vindicta Salvatoris (The Vengeance of the Savior) Legends of the Destruction--Anti-Christian? The Passover of Egypt and the Passover of Jerusalem Development of the Stories Parallels between the Jewish Haggadah and the Christian "Haggadahs" The "Midrash" of the Haggadah Conclusions A Note on the Research 3. The Vengeance and the Curse: Hostility to Christianity among Ashkenazic Jewry Vengeful Redemption Proselytizing Redemption The Curse The Curse on Yom Kippur Pour Out Thy Wrath The Impression of the Curses on Christians 4. Intersecting Stories: From Martyrdom to Ritual Murder Accusations The Blood Self-Sacrifice Sacrifice of Children The Libel The Impact of the Blood Sacrifice on Christians The Libel of Blois and the Story of Bristol 5. Inverted Ceremonies: The Host, the Matzah, and the Quarrel The Great Sabbath The Burning of Leaven The Eruv of Courtyards The Afikoman Haroset Summary 6. The End of the Millennium (1240): Jewish Hopes, Christian Fears Calculations of the End at the Turn of the Jewish Millennium Messianism, Immigration to the Land of Israel, and Settling the Land Fulda 1235, Paris 1240: Christian Reactions? The Mongolian Threat: The Ten Tribes? Gog and Magog? A Synchronic Overview A Jewish End and a Christian End Index

About the Author

Israel Jacob Yuval is a professor for Jewish History and the Academic Head of "Scholion-Interdisciplinary Research Center in Jewish Studies" at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is author of Scholars in Their Time: The Religious Leadership of German Jewry in the Late Middle Ages (1988).