Anti Judaism Movement

Biblically, Jews in the City of Rome showed unpredictable tensions and riots against the civil government. “Roman Emperor, Claudius made an edict to expel the Jews from the City of Rome. Right after Claudius was assassinated, many Christian Jews moved back to Rome” (Maier, 1988, pg.355). Meanwhile, there were tensions in Judea. A growing compassion toward Zealots in Judea happened which encouraged the Roman Jews to rebel against the civil government.

Jews played a crucial role in their communities in medieval Europe so the growth in anti-sematic action can be seen as unexpected. Whilst Jews had always been considered as ‘other’ by their Christian neighbour tolerance existed. So what caused the shift to viewing Jews as traitors? The causes for anti-Semitism during the Latin Middle Ages were sudden large events, the Crusades and the Black Death, and ongoing concerns, Jew’s economic position. The primary cause was the Crusades as the First Crusade began a tradition of organised violence against the Jewish population of Europe, rationalised as an extension of the Christian mission.

There was a lot of tension during the 1st and 2nd century CE about the rise of monotheistic religions such as Christianity and Judaism. Many Roman citizens and the government were not comfortable having such religions to coexist with their polytheistic religion in their society. The Tribunes and the Gladiators are arguing whether the Roman showed tolerance to Christianity and Judaism. I believe that the Tribunes provided evidence that there was religious intolerance towards Christianity. They provided a lot of imagery and ethos to show how much bigotry it has towards monotheistic religion.

The society of the royal Rome was ruled by a supreme ruler and elite groups at the top, and at the base, powerless followers or poor people were represented (Harris, 2014, p.99). Interestingly, the highly skilled and trained army protected the emperor and was responsible for keeping public order (Harris, 2014, p. 99). Research shows that several first-century Judea viewed Rome as the “evil empire” and they did not have a good relationship, nor did they approve of its existence in their homeland. The Jewish Revolt of 66-73 CE was the result of the Roman’s disagreement to pay taxes to support an idol worshipping Gentile government, which was communicated in Jesus’ instruction to pay Caesar, who was the Roman emperor, what belongs to him, and

Jewish relations with Rome where difficult during that time. Many Jews felt oppressed by the Romans due to heavy taxation and religious restraints. The pressures of outside influences led the Jews to feel that they were losing touch with their religious ways and having religion dictated to them in a way that that was not aligned with preserving their Mosaic laws. Jewish began to long for their ethnic identity (denHollander, 2013). When the Jewish people finally revolted against Rome the Romans overtook Jerusalem and destroyed their temple. Temple of Yahweh held great significance for those of Jewish faith. Essentially this destroyed the early church giving those of Jewish faith no where to practice their religion or offer sacrifices for atonement.

Religious faith has always acted as a saving grace for those in need ranging from the time of slavery, in which slaves adopted religious doctrines to endure the hopeless life of harsh plantation conditions. To the case of the protagonist, Delia Jones in Zora Hurston's piece, "Sweat". Throughout the short story, Delia is tormented by her unfaithful husband Sykes who physically and verbally abuses her. Although she is subjected to this kind of ridicule daily she is able to cope with her faith and modest work style.

The church in Rome was composed of both Jews and Gentiles, and both parties had different views about the Roman government. In Jewish theology, they believed that the Messiah would deliver them form the clutches of a tyrannical government (Roman Government). The gentiles on the other hand, had a less zealous distrust for the Roman government, for they didn't feel oppressed by the government before Christ came, because they weren’t Jewish and didn't believe that the Messiah would deliver them from an oppressive Government. When Paul wrote to the Jewish Romans, I could imagine that the Jewish pre-supposition about Christ delivering them from the Roman government was a bit challenging for them, especially when Paul told them to obey the authority of the Roman government. Like the Founding fathers, the Jews thought a revolution would be wonderful thing but why wasn't it? And why must they respect governmental authority if Gods Authority is greater?

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Anti-Semitism is the discrimination against Jewish people as individuals and as a group. (A Brief History of Anti-Semitism) People may think that anti-Semitism began with Adolf Hitler but they are mistaken. There is so much evidence of anti-Semitism as far back as the ancient world. (History.com, n.d.) There are three examples of anti-Semitism in Europe prior to World War One that I will discuss.

The Holocaust started because of ingrained antisemitism both in Germany and the countries it conquered, compounded by propaganda and the encouragement and leadership of political leaders. It also started because the passive and active perpetrators held deep animosity towards the Jewish people—ingrained by almost 2000 years of antisemitism in Christian teachings‚ which made them receptive to the message of the Nazis, and which made the idea of eliminating and exterminating Jews reasonable and indeed desirable.

Throughout history, Jews have been tortured and discriminated against mainly because of their religious belief and foreign culture. According to http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/midd... , persecutions of the Jews took place because the Christians blamed them for many reasons such as the crucifixion of Jesus, accused them of performing Anti-Christian rituals and killing Christian children in those rituals. Jews were blamed for things they weren't involved with. Once, they were blamed for "poisoning the villages water" and were then

During the time of the holocaust, Resistances all throughout germany took a stand against the Nazi Germans. The Holocaust, also referred to as Shoah, was a mass genocide taking place during WWII taking the lives of six million jewish citizens under the rule of Adolf Hitler. As these tragic events continued to occur, Jews used armed and unarmed forms of resistance to retain their humanity.

Anti-Semitism is the hatred and persecution of the Jews. It can be traced back to the 1800s in a mild form, but it continually increased until the Holocaust, in which millions of Jews were killed in concentration camps. There were several components which caused this increase in the hatred of Jews, such as religion or the economy. A major example of these components is the publication of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. It was an entirely fictional piece of work, but people believed the book which created fear in everyone that was not Jewish. This book, although not true in the slightest, caused people to become fearful of Jews, which in turn increased anti-Semitism in Europe.

The list created by the Runnymede Trust runs a stark parallel to the political and social happenings in this country and around the world. Anti-terrorism legislation in the United States, and to an even greater extent in other countries like France and Switzerland, has become a vehicle for Islamophobia and creates even greater hardship for Muslims everywhere. On a social level, the Runnymede Trust’s forewarning of Islamophobia becoming more respectable is actualizing. Intellectual Islamophobia in the ilk of Bill Maher is becoming increasingly popular in American culture, and it runs largely on the views the report points out.

According to the Infobase article “The Decline and Fall of Rome” stated,”Meanwhile a struggle ensued between Christian loyalists, those who sought a compromise with the heathen rulers, and Christian fundamentalists, who sought a compromise with heathen rulers and fundamentalists..’’ In the beginning of the Roman Empire, The Roman religion persecuted all followers of Christianity. The Roman religion disliked Christians customs and beliefs. This ended in 313 C.E. because the first Christian emperor came to throne, his name was Constantinople. He started toleration of Christianity all throughout the empire. Followers of Christianity wanted to build churches so people can gather and worship their religion together. The problem was the Empire didn't have enough money to fund for churches, the army and poverty. The Roman Empire declined because they weren't able to pay for all of these