Nineteenth-century Jewish thinkers voiced Semitic racial pride before Gobineau

Evidence

Moreover, the growth of scientific racism and race-influenced nationalism from the nineteenth century gave added weight to the idea that antisemitism was a rational and natural reaction to the essential difference of the Jew. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 483 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Dracula is one example of the Semitic characters that were in vogue in European literature, but there are others. In Trilby, Svengali is described as an “Oriental Israelite Hebrew Jew, [which is] the source of his evil nature.” He is a monster, but unlike Dracula his malevolence is com- pletely determined by his Jewishness. — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 528 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Nineteenth-century scientific racism reframed antisemitism as a rational natural response. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 483; Nineteenth-century Jewish pride framed Jews and Arabs as a shared favored race. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 125; Nineteenth-century European literature featured a vogue of evil Semitic characters — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 528

Broader Connections

• Nineteenth-century scientific racism reframed antisemitism as a rational natural response. #complicates (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 483
• Nineteenth-century European literature featured a vogue of evil Semitic characters #complicates (0.72) — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 528