The dogma that Jews were contaminating generated rules banning shared meals.
Evidence
Jew-dogs were viewed as filthy, contaminating Christians, a belief that generated a number of rules surrounding Christian relations with Jews. Citing Paul [I Corinthians 6:12], Christian theologians argued that sharing a meal with Jews was paramount to “fornicating against one’s own body.” In Renaissance paintings, dogs are often shown barking and sneering at Christ—symbolizing Jews. — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 231
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
- XREF: Contamination logic linking monster-image to real social prohibitions connects to the reader’s question of what the monster lets makers do — here, justify segregation.
Related
- Christian art associated Jews with barking dogs and cannibal violence (similarity 0.82)
- Jews and Muslims shared the dog-headed monster linked to the devil in Christendom (similarity 0.80)
- Blood-libel imagery linked Jews and Muslims eating Christian children. (similarity 0.79)
- Muslim monsters were depicted as cannibals who ate their enemies. (similarity 0.78)