Persecution of Christians in The New Testament - Relationship To Antisemitism

Relationship To Antisemitism

Further information: Christianity and antisemitism See also: Antisemitism in the New Testament

The standard Christian interpretation of the New Testament account casts the alleged persecution by the Jews as an institutional rejection of Christianity which has been used by some as an argument for antisemitism.

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