Part III. Theories on the causes of antisemitism / Antisemitism in the pagan world / Bruno Chaouat. New Testament origins of Christian anti-Judaism / Adele Reinhartz ; Anti-Judaism in early Christian writings / Pierluigi Piovanelli ; Church Fathers and antisemitism from the 2nd century through Augustine (end of 450 CE) / Joshua Garroway ; Christians, Jews, and Judaism in the eastern Mediterranean and Near East, c. 150-400 CE / Andrew S. Jacobs ; Christianizing the Roman Empire: Jews and the law from Constantine to Justinian, 300-600 CE / Andrew S. Jacobs ; Antisemitism in Byzantium, 4th-7th centuries / Steven B. Bowman -- Part II. Medieval times. The medieval Islamic world and the Jews / Reuven Firestone ; Medieval Western Christendom / Robert Chazan ; Christian theology and papal policy in the Middle Ages / Jeremy Cohen ; Crusades, blood libels, and popular violence / Emily M. Rose ; Jews and money: the medieval origins of a modern stereotype / Julie Mell ; Jews and anti-Judaism in Christian religious literature / Miri Rubin ; Antisemitism in medieval art / Debra Higgs Strickland -- Part III. The modern era. Martin Luther and the Reformation / Debra Kaplan ; The Enlightenment and its negative consequences / Allan Arkush ; Modern antisemitism in Western Europe: romantic nationalism, racism and racial fantasies / Shulamit Volkov ; Antisemitism in late imperial Russia and Eastern Europe through 1920 / Laura Engelstein ; Marxism, socialism, and antisemitism / Jack Jacobs ; Antisemitism in modern literature and theater: French literature / Maurice Samuels ; Antisemitism in modern literature and theater: German literature, 18th-21st century / Michael Mack ; Antisemitism in modern literature and theater: English literature / Bryan Cheyette ; Antisemitism in America, 1654-2020 / Jonathan D. Sarna ; Antisemitism in the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich / Steven T. Katz ; New Islamic antisemitism, mid-19th to the 21st century / Esther Webman ; Anti-Zionism as antisemitism / Dina Porat ; New issues / Deborah E. Lipstadt ; Antisemitism in social media and on the web / Mark Weitzman ; Theories on the causes of antisemitism / Bruno Chaouat.
Summary:
This Companion examines the history, culture and literature of antisemitism from antiquity to the present. With contributions from an international team of scholars, whose essays were specially commissioned for this volume, it covers the long history of antisemitism starting with ancient Greece and Egypt, through the anti-Judaism of early Christianity, and the medieval era in both the Christian and Muslim worlds when Jews were defined as 'outsiders, ' especially in Christian Europe. This portrayal often led to violence, notably pogroms that often accompanied Crusades, as well as to libels against Jews. The volume also explores the roles of Luther and the Reformation, the Enlightenment, the debate over Jewish emancipation, Marxism, and the social disruptions after World War 1 that led to the rise of Nazism and genocide. Finally, it considers current issues, including the dissemination of hate on social media and the internet and questions of definition and method. -- Publisher description.
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