Christian anti-Semitism is rooted in hostility toward Jews as those who know better

Evidence

The adherents of the religion of the Father are hated by those who support the religion of the Son—hated as those who know better. It is the hostility to spirit of the spirit, grown obdurate in the conviction of salvation. For Christian anti-Semites, truth is the stumbling-block, truth which resists evil without rationalizing it, and clings to the idea of undeserved salvation against all the rules of life and salvavation which are supposed to ensure that blessed state. Anti-Semitism is meant to confirm that the ritual of faith and history is right by executing it on those who deny its justice. — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 136

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the magic-vs-spirit dichotomy the reader will see fleshed out in the full ‘Elements of Anti-Semitism’ chapter; relevant to Burns’s later invocation of Adorno. — connects to: Medieval Christian scholars’ blame of Jews matched contemporary anti-Semitism, not history — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2046; Jews served as the accessible template for identifying enemies of Christian society. — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab: A History of the…, 204; Early Christian antisemitism was sporadic and often aimed at fellow Christians (+1 more)
• DEFINE: Proposes a specific causal mechanism for anti-Semitism distinct from economic or scapegoat theories.

Broader Connections

• Jews served as the accessible template for identifying enemies of Christian society. #expands (0.85) — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 204
• Early Christian antisemitism was sporadic and often aimed at fellow Christians #qualifies (0.78)
• Medieval Christian scholars’ blame of Jews matched contemporary anti-Semitism, not history #qualifies (0.75) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2046
• Muslims tolerated Jews speaking against their faith more than Christians tolerated dissent #contradicts (0.72)