Christian anti-Jewish writings were not pervasive until the medieval period

Evidence

The absence of systematic persecution of the Jews or widespread antisemitic writings in the first 10 centuries of Christianity would also weaken the argument that the new religion was inherently and consistently opposed to the Jews per se. Hostile figures such as St. John Chrysostom (347-407) wrote of the Jews as the source of all evil on earth, but such writings were not common and were often aimed indirectly as a way of attacking fellow Christians rather than the Jews themselves, who generally were not subject to sustained violence or particular discrimination. Indeed, admiration of Jews and Judaism continued, including amongst Christians. The evidence at least until the tenth century if not later, therefore, is against a continuous history of persecution, even if older charges against the Jews were revived and recontextualized at particular moments and by particular individuals, both Christian and other. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 498

Categorization

• XREF: Qualifies the assumption that Christian antisemitism was continuous since the Gospels; connects to claims elsewhere in the vault about Christianity’s role in founding modern antisemitism. — connects to: Early Christian antisemitism was sporadic and often aimed at fellow Christians; Early radical anti-Jewish rhetoric was not yet full-fledged antisemitism — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 137

Broader Connections

• Early radical anti-Jewish rhetoric was not yet full-fledged antisemitism #corroborates (0.90) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 137
• Early Christian antisemitism was sporadic and often aimed at fellow Christians #corroborates (0.88)