Comprehending Antisemitism through the Ages: A Historical Perspective

Armin Lange, Kerstin Mayerhofer, Dina Porat, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Armin Lange, Kerstin Mayerhofer, Dina Porat, Lawrence H. Schiffman

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9783110582321
• eBook ISBN: 9783110671995
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Jewish History
• Index: History

This volume traces the history of antisemitism from antiquity through contemporary manifestations of the discrimination of Jews. It documents the religious, sociological, political and economic contexts in which antisemitism thrived and thrives and shows how such circumstances served as support and reinforcement for a curtailment of the Jews' social status. The volume sheds light on historical processes of discrimination and identifies them as a key factor in the contemporary and future fight against antisemitism.

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Preface and Acknowledgements
• Comprehending Antisemitism through the Ages: Introduction
• Comprehending Antisemitism in Antiquity and Late Antiquity
• Early Christian Anti-Judaism
• Jew-Hatred in Antiquity: Cultural, Legal, and Physical Forms of Antisemitic Persecution
• The Blood Libel and the Leper Libel: Ancient Antisemitism?
• Divinity, Ethnicity, Identity: “Religion” as a Political Category in Christian Antiquity
• Comprehending Antisemitism in the Middle Ages
• The Evolution of Anti-Jewish Imagery in Medieval Christian Europe
• Inferiority Embodied: The ‘Men-struating’ Jew and Pre-Modern Notions of Identity and Difference
• “All the World’s a Stage”: Imagined Jewish Rituals in Medieval Christian Art and Drama
• Anti-Jewish Legislation in the Middle Ages
• Comprehending Antisemitism in Modern Times
• Georg Ritter von Schönerers Radikalisierung zum Rassenantisemiten vom Linzer Programm 1882 bis zur Gründung des „Verbandes der Deutschnationalen“ 1885
• The Defense against Antisemitism: Minor Victories, Major Defeats, 1890–1939
• The Jewish Response to Antisemitism in Austria Prior to the Anschluss
• Nazi Propaganda in the Middle East and its Repercussions in the Postwar Period
• Comprehending Shoah and Post-Shoah Antisemitism
• Is the Holocaust a Unique Historical Event? A Debate between Two Pillars of Holocaust Research and its Impact on the Study of Antisemitism
• Caribbean Jewry: A Model of Tolerance or Assimilation?
• Sholem Aleichem and Qumran: Jewish-Related Scholarship in the Soviet Union, 1953–1967
• Sister Rose Thering’s Battle against Antisemitism
• Antisemitism in Today’s America
• Antisemitic Perceptions and Jewish Sense of Belonging
• Comprehending Anti-Zionism as a Virulent Form of “New Antisemitism”
• The German Left and Israel
• Comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany in Contemporary German Discourse
• “Israel Threatens to Defend Itself”: The Depiction of Israel in the Media
• Editorial Board
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgements