History and Hate: The Dimensions of Anti-Semitism

149 Pages·1986·17.07 MB·English

by  David Berger

History and Hate:
The Dimensions Of Anti-semitism

His o r y
Ha e
and
The Dimensions Of
Anti-Semitism
David Berger
edited by
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THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY
PhiladelPhia-NeW rorie-JerUsalem 5747-1986
Copyright © 1986 by The Jewish Publication Society
Fint Edition All rights reserved
Fint Paperback edition © 1997
Manufactured in the United States ofA merica
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
History and hate.
Includes index.
1. Antisemitism~History. 1. Berger, David.
1943-
DS145.H56 1986 305.8)924 86-2995
ISBN 0-8276-0267-7 (cloth)
ISBN 0-8276-0636-2 (paper)
Designed by Adrianne Onderdonk Dudden
Jacket design by Cucinotta & Associates
0497
98990010987654321
To Pearl,
Miriam, Yjtzhak, and Gedalyah

Contents
PREFACE ix
Anti-Semitism: An Overview 3
DAVID 8ERGFlt
Anti-Semitism in the Ancient World 15
LOUIS H. FELDMAN
"Anti-Semitism" in Antiquity:
if
The Problem Dpnition 43
SHAYI:, J. D. COHEN
Medieval Anti-Semitism 49
ROBERT CHAZAN
s
Robert Chazan "Medieval Anti-Semitism":
A Note on the Impact if1heoloar 67
Jf..REMY COHEN
Anti-Semitism and the Muslim World 73
s.
JANE GERBER
Comparative Perspectives on Modem
Anti-Semitism in the West 95
TODD M. ENDELMAN
American Anti-Semitism 115
JONAlliAN D. SARNA
CONTRIBUTORS 129
INDEX 133

Preface
r .
Anti-Semitism has been the subject of many fine works, ranging
from multi-volume surveys. like leon Poliakov's Histol)' <! Anti
Semitism, through book-length studies ofe ntire periods. like Jacob
Katz's From Prejudice to Destruction: Anti-Semitism 1700-1933, to a
host of s.eholarly books and articles examining points of detail.
Nevertlicless, this volume presents the issues in a manner that
should provide both fresh insights and useful synthesis for stu
dent, scholar, and general reader; unlike its recent predecessors, it
covers the entire sweep of the history of anti-Semitism through
sharply focused analyses of each major era by first-rate scholars
expert in the specific period they discuss.
This book emerged from a conference sponsored by The
Anti-Defamation League of B'naj B'rith and by The Joseph and
Ceil Mazer Institute for Research and Advanced Studies in
Judaica of the Center for Jewish Studies, City University of New
Yark. It is a special pleasure to thank Theodore Freedman of ADL
for his central role in coordinating the conference and Yael
Zerubavel of the Center for Jewish Studies for her assistance in
ensuring its success.
David Berger
Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center,
Cio/ Universityt/New York
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