Beschreibung
A basic guide for anyone who wants to understand why antisemitism is so ancient and yet on the rise. World-renowned Judaist Peter Schäfer narrates how antisemitic stereotypes have spread since antiquity, how they led to persecution, destruction, and killing, and how they remain alive even after the Holocaust. Even in pre-Christian times, hatred towards Jews emerged, but the New Testament provided fertile ground for this hatred in the form of legends: Paul attacked traditional Judaism, Matthew focused on the guilt of all Jewish people, and John portrayed Jews as sons of darkness. Schäfer recalls, for example, the medieval burning of the Talmud in Paris and the motif of the Jewish pig, Luther's hatred and call for the destruction of Jews in modern times, and socially accepted antisemitism during the Enlightenment. From the inferno of the Weimar Republic through the Third Reich, he reaches contemporary Islamic antisemitism and how the legacy of antisemitism relates to the new rise of right-wing ideologies.
Information
Author: Schäfer Peter
Publication date: 31. August 2022
Manufacturer: Nakladatelství Paseka s. r. o.
Genres: Non-fiction literature, Books, History and facts
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 392
ISBN/EAN: 9788076372856