Anti-Semitism has featured in the history of Western civilization
since the Greeks. What the twentieth century has seen through the
lens of the holocaust has been happening for over 3000 years. Dan
Cohn-Sherbok traces the origins of anti-Semitism and its
manifestations, from political opposition to racial persecution and
religious and philosophical justification for some of history's
most outrageous acts. Against this background of intolerance and
persecution, Cohn-Sherbok describes Jewish emancipation from the
late eighteenth century and its gradual transformation into the
parallel political and nationalistic ideal of Zionism. This book
offers a clear and readable account of why anti-Semitism has
featured so strongly in world history and provides extensive
discussion of the issues. Unlike most studies of the subject, it
does not focus exclusively on Christian anti-Semitism, but explores
the origins of Arab and organized communist anti-Semitism and Nazi
racism. It is essential reading not only for history students and
theologians, but anyone interested in finding out why the Jews have
been hated and murdered.
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