How Long to Read Blood Inscriptions

How Long Does it Take to Read Blood Inscriptions?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Blood Inscriptions by Hillel J. Kieval

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Although the Enlightenment had seemed to bring an end to the widely held belief that Jews murdered Christian children for ritual purposes, charges of the so-called blood libel were surprisingly widespread in central and eastern Europe on either side of the turn to the twentieth century. Well over one hundred accusations were made against Jews in this period, and prosecutors and government officials in Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia broke with long established precedent to bring six of these cases forward in sensational public trials. In Blood Inscriptions Hillel J. Kieval examines four cases—the prosecutions that took place at Tiszaeszlár in Hungary (1882-83), Xanten in Germany (1891-92), Polná in Austrian Bohemia (1899-1900), and Konitz, then Germany, now in Poland (1900-1902)—to consider the means by which discredited beliefs came to seem once again plausible. Kieval explores how educated elites took up the accusations of Jewish ritual murder and considers the roles played by government bureaucracies, the journalistic establishment, forensic medicine, and advanced legal practices in structuring the investigations and trials. The prosecutors, judges, forensic scientists, criminologists, and academic scholars of Judaism and other expert witnesses all worked hard to establish their epistemological authority as rationalists, Kieval contends. Far from being a throwback to the Middle Ages, these ritual murder trials were in all respects a product of post-Enlightenment politics and culture. Harnessed to and disciplined by the rhetoric of modernity, they were able to proceed precisely because they were framed by the idioms of scientific discourse and rationality.

How long is Blood Inscriptions?

Blood Inscriptions by Hillel J. Kieval is 309 pages long, and a total of 80,031 words.

This makes it 104% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Blood Inscriptions Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Blood Inscriptions aloud.

What Reading Level is Blood Inscriptions?

Blood Inscriptions is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

Where Can I Buy Blood Inscriptions?

Blood Inscriptions by Hillel J. Kieval is sold by several retailers and bookshops. However, Read Time works with Amazon to provide an easier way to purchase books.

To buy Blood Inscriptions by Hillel J. Kieval on Amazon click the button below.