Anti-semitism : a history / Dan Cohn-Sherbok.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-346) and index.

1 Jews in the Ancient World 1 -- 2 Judaeophobia in the New Testament 19 -- 3 The Early Church and Anti-Judaism 35 -- 4 Medieval Anti-Judaism 50 -- 5 The Demonic Stereotype of the Jew 68 -- 6 Jew-hatred in Western Europe 83 -- 7 The Jews in Spain 98 -- 8 Marranos 115 -- 9 Eastern European Anti-Semitism 130 -- 10 The Early Modern Period 147 -- 11 The Enlightenment 163 -- 12 Jewish Emancipation 181 -- 13 Anti-Semitism in the Nineteenth Century 198 -- 14 Jewry in Nineteenth-century Germany, France and Russia 214 -- 15 The Early Twentieth Century 231 -- 16 Anti-Semitism and Zionism 250 -- 17 The Rise of Nazism 269 -- 18 The Holocaust 288 -- 19 Anti-Semitism in the Postwar Period 308 -- 20 Modern Arab Jew-hatred 325.

"Dan Cohn-Sherbok traces the origins of anti-Semitism and its manifestations, from political opposition, to racial persecution and religious and philosophical justifications for some of history's most outrageous acts. Against this background of intolerance and persecution, Cohn-Sherbok describes Jewish emancipation from the late 18th century and its gradual transformation into the parallel political and nationalistic ideal of Zionism. He explores how, in the post-war period, anti-Semitism, already triggered by 19th-century Zionism and the formation of a Jewish settlement in Palestine at the end of the 19th century, has become rampant in the Arab world. Finally, he discusses how specific strands of anti-Semitism have arisen in the United States largely as a result of conflict between African-Americans and Jews, and how in Russia and Poland anti-Semitism is as strong as ever. The book covers all historical periods up to the present day and is written for the general reader."--Publisher's description.