Christians obsessed over Jews more only because Jews lived among them
Evidence
The account only falls apart when judgment is applied as to which enemy is worse, the foreign one or the one sharing your religion. — Ali Qureshi, The Fall of Constantinople, 59 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Jews and Muslims occupied a shared proximity-distancing position in Christian self-definition; Christians judged the inner religious enemy worse than the foreign one — Ali Qureshi, The Fall of Constantinople: A Critical…, 59
Related
- Christians judged the inner religious enemy worse than the foreign one (similarity 0.86)
- Historical scholarship overstates Christianity’s unity against adversaries. (similarity 0.80)
- Religious hostility burns hottest among claimants to a shared heritage (similarity 0.79)
- Jews and Muslims occupied a shared proximity-distancing position in Christian self-definition (similarity 0.79)
- Competing heirs to shared heritage fight more bitterly than strangers do (similarity 0.79)
- Medieval Christian infighting outweighed the shared threat of Islam (similarity 0.79)
- Christian Europe is divided from its beginning between an inner and outer enemy (similarity 0.79)
- Christians treated all non-Christian monstrous figures as interchangeable enemies (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Christians judged the inner religious enemy worse than the foreign one
#expands(0.65) — Ali Qureshi, The Fall of Constantinople, 59 - Jews and Muslims occupied a shared proximity-distancing position in Christian self-definition
#corroborates(0.60)