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Alfred Edersheim by way of much greater historical depth and inspired interpretation shows otherwise.<br> | Alfred Edersheim by way of much greater historical depth and inspired interpretation shows otherwise.<br> | ||
Bodian ignores all intemperate and indelicate accusations of Jewish Rabbis against Christians over the centuries as recorded in their Talmud, preferring instead to play pot to kettle’s black.<br> | Bodian ignores all intemperate and indelicate accusations of Jewish Rabbis against Christians over the centuries as recorded in their Talmud, preferring instead to play pot to kettle’s black.<br> | ||
What Bodian doesn’t understand is that anti-semitism, like any form of racial or other hatred, is not Christian, but anti-christian, the sinful product of | What Bodian doesn’t understand is that anti-semitism, like any form of racial or other hatred, is not Christian, but anti-christian, the sinful product of temptation by the Evil One and his minions, regardless from whence it originates.<br> | ||
The same cannot be said for historical Judaism as expounded in the Talmud; there we find that all non-Jews are subhumans, “cattle” (dumb beasts) and therefore not deserving of same respect and treatment required of Jews. | The same cannot be said for historical Judaism as expounded in the Talmud; there we find that all non-Jews are subhumans, “cattle” (dumb beasts) and therefore not deserving of same respect and treatment required of Jews. | ||