Images of Intolerance: The Representation of Jews and Judaism in the Bible moralisee
Around the year 1225, an illuminated Bible was made for the king of France. That work and a companion volume, the two earliest surviving manuscripts of the Bible moralisée, are remarkable in a number of ways: they are massive in scope; they combine text and image to an unprecedented extent; and their illustrations, almost unique among medieval images in depicting contemporary figures and situations, comprise a vehement visual polemic against the Jews.\ In Images of\ Intolerance, Sara Lipton...
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"The book addresses a hot topic, using a source that has nowhere been given the attention it deserves. The arguments are subtle, persuasive, and frequently brilliant. It will appeal to a wide reading public—those interested in Jewish history, medieval art history, and the history of France."—William C. Jordan, author of The Great Famine
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction11A Discernible Difference: The Image of the Jew142The Root of All Evil: Jews, Money, and Metaphor303The People of the Book: Old Law, New Rituals, and the Word of God544The Sign of the Cat: Jews and Heretics in the Bible moralisee825In an Eternal Fire: Polemic, Policy, and the Fate of the Jews112Conclusion136Abbreviations143Notes145Bibliography215Index235
