The Rhetoric of Antisemitism was prompted by studying the decision of
Vatican II (1965) to repudiate antisemitism. A close analysis revealed
that the Catholic Church focused on the foundational issue in
antisemitism—the charge of eternal guilt whereby Jews are forever
guilty of killing Christ. This repudiation of antisemitism came with a
rhetorical explanation of this hatred, a perspective rarely explored.
In advancing the rhetorical perspective, this book focuses on the
initial struggle Christianity experienced with Judaism, intensifying a
hatred thereof, and settling on a religious dogma of eternal guilt
meant to perpetuate antisemitism for eternity. Kiewe tackles the
similar approach Islam has taken in its tension with Judaism and how
it was turned centuries later into the Arab-Israeli conflict,
significantly with the help of Nazi-antisemitism and propaganda. This
volume also discusses the significant rise of antisemitism in the 19th
and 20th centuries, including the forgery pamphlet The Protocols of
the Elders of Zion that promoted the charge of Jewish world
domination, and the more recent Durban Conference (2001) as a major
turning point in conflating antisemitism and anti-Zionism, including
the linguistic games used to merge antisemitism with anti-Israelism.
Finally, in the decision by Vatican II to accept the guilt over
antisemitism and seeking its end, both the foundation and a solution
to this hatred are evident.
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ISBN
9781793630919
Publisert
2020
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Lexington Books
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
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Digital bok
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