Roots of Anti-Semitism Essay -- essays research papers fc

     After learning about the Holocaust, Ive asked myself many times how this could develop happened. Why would anyone believe its acceptable to murder an entire people? This is my reasoning for writing my paper on how Christian theology influenced anti-Semitism. Much of the Holocaust appears to have its beginning with Christian theology. I will begin my paper with the early writings of Christians and continue chronologically until after World War II.The Apostle Paul was one the first people to bump the Judaic people. At first, he tried to explain to the Christians not to adopt a superior attitude towards the Jews.IF THE PART OF THE DOUGH OFFERED AS FIRST FRUITS IS HOLY, wherefore THE WHOLE BRANCH IS HOLY AND IF THE ROOT IS HOLY, THEN THE BRANCHES ARE as well HOLYDO non BOAST OVER THE BRANCHES. IF YOU DO BOAST, REMEMBER THAT IT IS NOT YOU THAT SUPPORT THE ROOT, BUT THE ROOT SUPPORTS YOU.ROMANS 11 At one point this appeared to be Pauls feeling towards the Je ws and the Christians. His sentiment appeared to change, according to Christian suppressionists. In the textual matter Romans, many of Pauls statements were misinterpreted by those Christians to make themselves appear more superior to the Jewish people.INCLUDING US WHOM HE HAS CALLED, NOT FROM THE JEWS ONLY BUT ALSO FROM THE GENTILES? AS INDEED HE SAYS IN HOSEA, "THOSE WHO WERE NOT MY PEOPLE I WILL CALL MY PEOPLE, AND HER WHO WAS NOT BELOVED I WILL CALL BELOVED." "AND IN THE VERY PLACE WHERE IT WAS SAID TO THEM, YOU ARE NOT MY PEOPLE, THERE THEY SHALL BE CALLED CHILDREN OF THE LIVING GOD,"GENTILES, WHO DID NOT STRIVE FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS, HAVE ATTAINED IT, THAT IS, RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH assurance BUT ISRAEL, WHO DID STRIVE FOR THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT IS BASED ON THE LAW, DID NOT SUCCEED IN FULFILLING THAT LAW ROMANS 9"In proclaiming his Christian message Paul stressed that the Jewish nation had been rejected by God, and the new Covenant had superseded the old," said David Cohn-Sherbok, in his book The Crucified Jew. "In these ways the New Testament laid the foundations for later Christian hostility to the Jewish nationand served as the basis for the early Churchs vilification of the Jews." (Cohn-Sherbok)     Another early Christian writing which may have encouraged Jewish hatred is the Gospels of John. Sch... ...ns and the Holocaust. New York Random House, 1997.Hay, Malcolm. The Roots of Christian Anti-Semitism. New York Liberty Press, 1981.Hauer, Christian E. and William A. Young. An Introduction To The Bible A pilgrimage Into Three Worlds. New Jersey Prentice Hall, 2001."Jewish History." Online. Internet. www.Jewishhistory.org.il/600.htm.Kung, Hans. Judaism Between Yesterday And Tomorrow. New York Continuum, 1991.McBrien, Richard P., The Harper Collins Encyclopedia of Catholicism. San Francisco Harper San Francisco, 1995.Morris, Charles R.. American Catholic. New York measure Books, 1997.Rausch, Da vid. A Legacy of Hatred Why Christians Must Not Forget the Holocaust. Grand Rapids Baker,1990."The Great Heresies of Gnosticism and the Revisions of Marcion." Online. Internet. www.bidstrup.com/bible.htm.Walker, Jim. "Martin Luthers Dirty Little Book On the Jews and Their Lies." 7 August 1996. Online. Internet. www.nobeliefs.com/luther.htm.