The antisemitism concept dates only to 1870s Germany, distinct from earlier Christian anti-Judaism

Evidence

The problem, however, is that the word ‘antisemitism’ does not belong to pre-modernity. It was, instead, the product of a very distinct context of political, cultural and economic strife in central Europe at the end of the nineteenth century. In an intellectual culture shaped by racial nationalist thought, and driven by a desire for racial purity as political panacea, self-declared Jew haters deployed the word as the name for their political movement: the Antisemiten-Liga of Berlin, founded in 1879. This is the deeply problematic origin of Hollande’s name for the anti-Jewish enemy. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 73 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The term antisemitism was coined by self-declared Jew haters in 1879 Berlin — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in…, 73; Early Christian antisemitism was sporadic and often aimed at fellow Christians; The term antisemitism narrowed to only Jewish racism during the twentieth century (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• The term antisemitism was coined by self-declared Jew haters in 1879 Berlin #corroborates (0.97) — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 73