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>It is based on Ginzburg's methodology and discoveries that Toaff works on the issue of the "Blood Passover", as a magical cult that existed underground in the Jewish religion of yesteryear and that can be explored from unofficial documentary sources - although they leave a trace in official documents - but through popular narratives, traditions, etc. This cult did not leave the same documentary traces as traditional Jewish cults did. In this way, Toaff, following in Ginzburg's footsteps, delves into the issue by exploring what was not clearly said but only insinuated
>Let us, then, summarize Toaff’s thesis:
>-Toaff bases his research on libels of the time that speak of ritual murders committed by Jewish groups
>-It shows that clotted human blood was sold by medieval merchants, as it was considered to have medicinal power, which is abundantly documented
>-Toaff does not demonize Jews in his work. On the contrary, he excuses their ritual murders by claiming that they were reactions to the violence of Christians who persecuted them because they were considered deicidal people. He even claimed that it was not a question of saying that Jews, in general, supported ritual murder but that some extreme groups practiced it. Claiming that the book has something linked to anti-Semitism is only possible for those who are completely ignorant of the matter
