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Anti-Judaism
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In the pre-modern era, anti-Judaism included a range of attitudes and behaviors against Jews as members of a population conspicuous through its religious difference. These spanned from negative assertions in theological discourses, chronicles, songs, theatrical plays, and others more to open violence. In contras…

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Johannes Heil, Heidelberg, “Anti-Judaism”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 08 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0367>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20170409



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