The Origins of Anti-Semitism -Gager- PDF [K_Slender]
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; n edition (February 14, 1985) Language: English ISBN-10: 0195036077 ISBN-13: 978-0195036077 Review "A book of compelling and powerful historical argument. Coherent and well documented, his fresh approach treats a difficult problem in a remarkably interesting way. No one concerned with the troubled relationship between Judaism and Christianity, whether in ancient or modern times, can afford to ignore it."--The Journal of Religion "This book brings the study of ancient Pagan and Christian anti-Semitism to a new plateau where one sees things more clearly and, I dare say, more correctly."--Krister Stendahl, Harvard Divinity School "A stunning challenge to some widely accepted ideas on the genesis of anti-Semitism....Priority reading for church historians--and anyone else who wants to study the religious roots of the Holocaust."--Kirkus Reviews "Solidly grounded in authentic evidence and reliable rcholarship."--Journal of Ecclesiastical History "A major contribution to a better understanding of the roots of anti-Semitism in Western culture."--Judaica Books News About the Author John G. Gager is at Princeton University.
It's actually very simple, not difficult at all...
The jews were the only people who didn't submit to the romans, they fought them and fought them until the romans expelled them from their land. As a people in exile, they were suspected and hated just for that, then the christians hated them because they said what they thought was the truth: that jesus was a blasphemous jew and an impostor. All through the centuries they were persecuted, massacred, used as scapegoats, the christian churches spread all sort of lies against them, the princes forced them to live only off money lending and finances, thus gathering hatred from the debtors compelled to pay back, a pogrom took care of that and wiped all debts, etc., etc.
The nazi holocaust was the result of church brainwashing over the centuries. 80,000 jews fought for Germany in WW1, 12,000 died in the battlefield (German official records), many won medals for bravery and the Holocaust was the reward they got...
Then we have the tragedy of a people we should admire as freedom lovers, despised and hated for all the wrong reasons.
Oh, humans, how low can we get led by prejudice, ignorance and irrational drives.
joshua13 at 2013-10-14 00:21 CET:
not the slightest chance you over simplify or have jumped to erroneous conclusions, of course. This is something well worth understanding in depth, as we humans struggle to leave behind our myriads of prejudices and hatreds. I wonder if we ever will.
Even the most complex problems can be put in simple terms if you are willing to grasp the essential and leave out the minor details. And if I went wrong in anything, just point it out and show why.
I grew up in a hood with plenty of jews and by studying them I came to respect them. You can learn a lot from them, for one, they respect money, not like us who often squander it. They can't be softies or they wouldn't have survived countless persecutions, but on the whole, they were quite nice people, with the odd bad apple like in any other group.
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