Medieval Christian texts distinguished Jews from Muslims rather than equating them

Evidence

Both Jews and Muslims were seen by medieval Christians as people who privileged the carnal over the spiritual, not only epistemologically (in their preference for the dead letter of the law above the living spirit of faith) but also behaviorally (in their propensity toward sensuous pleasures and sexual deviance). — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 228 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Muslims held that Jews and Christians corrupted their scriptures; Muslims were given the legal status of Jews rather than slaughtered like heretics; Anti-Jewish proof texts were recycled wholesale into Christian missions to Muslims (+19 more)

Broader Connections

• Medieval Christians lumped Jews and Muslims together as carnal and sensual peoples #contradicts (0.92) — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 228