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To: Tell It Right
Jewish leaders in Jesus' day: "Crucify him!!!"

But then Jesus himself was a Jew, and almost all of his original followers, including all 12 apostles, were all Jewish too.

So the whole drama of his life took place within the Jewish culture and nation of the day. The fact is that some Jews loved Jesus, and some hated him and wanted him dead.

Those historic facts don't by themselves do much to explain Christian anti-Semitism.

Why not focus on his Jewish origin and many Jewish followers, and instead focus on the small mob that backed the State in his persecution and execution by crucifixion?

By the way: neither of the two Dutch scholars who wrote these articles (this one, and the one I posted yesterday) are themselves Jewish. And, for the record, neither am I.

The author of this article has a Ph.D in Christian Theology from one of the oldest Universities in the Netherlands, which played a huge role in the development of Dutch Reform theology during the early Reformation.

It's still an interesting topic, and lots of Christians and other non-Jewish people are interested in the question of "What is the origin of Christian anti-Semitism?"

9 posted on 05/09/2024 11:39:01 AM PDT by Vlad0
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To: Vlad0
"It's still an interesting topic, and lots of Christians and other non-Jewish people are interested in the question of "What is the origin of Christian anti-Semitism?"

and I would like to know the origin of Jewish anti Christianity?...

why do they attack all of our values....?

60 posted on 05/10/2024 12:02:39 AM PDT by cherry
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