[RobbyS]

Antisemitism is not an apt term, unless you look at the ongoing cultural war between Greeks and Jews that go back to the Maccabees and realize that the Greeks especially were glad to have access to Jewish monotheism without Jewish particularism. The Jews displayed great hostility against the Christians from the beginning, even if we minimize the charges made in the New Testament. The end of Temple Worship was also an end to any common worship. Hebrews is the Christian reaction to that event; the Jewish reaction is to move elements of temple worship to the synagogue.

[DouglasKC]

Antisemitism is not an apt term, unless you look at the ongoing cultural war between Greeks and Jews that go back to the Maccabees and realize that the Greeks especially were glad to have access to Jewish monotheism without Jewish particularism. The Jews displayed great hostility against the Christians from the beginning, even if we minimize the charges made in the New Testament. The end of Temple Worship was also an end to any common worship. Hebrews is the Christian reaction to that event; the Jewish reaction is to move elements of temple worship to the synagogue.

Anti Judaism I guess would be the proper term for that time. But regardless of what the the situtation was, Christians knew that they didn't need temples or synagogues to worship on the commanded day. They had scripture and they aboslutely knew what day God wanted them to keep. They seem to have flat out rejected it only because of their hatred of the Jews.