Monsters and Monstrosity in Jewish History: From the Middle Ages to Modernity Palestinian Fiction growing up in a distant

growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate

has been tasked with killing the man he once called friend

The magical spring promises untold power

As the bond between Anders and Oona deepens

like Anders’s father and Oona’s mother

Monsters and Monstrosity in Jewish History: From the Middle Ages to Modernity Palestinian Fiction growing up in a distantThis is the first study of monstrosity in Jewish history from the Middle Ages to modernity. Drawing on Jewish history, literary studies, folklore, art history and the history of science, it examines both the historical depiction of Jews as monsters and the creative use of monstrous beings in Jewish culture. Jews have occupied a liminal position within European society and culture, being deeply immersed yet outsiders to it. For this reason, they were