The Anti-Semitism in a Brief Historical Perspective: from Rome to Nazism

Anti-Semitism as a practice of Nazi totalitarianism, both by discourse and by the Holocaust, represents its most well-known manifestation worldwide. However, its origins demand a return to Rome, where the divergences between Judaism and the emergent Christianity contributed to build it. Thus the pur...

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Author: Vieira, Fábio Antunes
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Repository:Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital de Estudos Judaicos da UFMG
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/23872
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/maaravi/article/view/23872
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Antissemitismo
Cristianismo
Nazismo
Anti-Semitism
Christianity
Nazism
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Summary:Anti-Semitism as a practice of Nazi totalitarianism, both by discourse and by the Holocaust, represents its most well-known manifestation worldwide. However, its origins demand a return to Rome, where the divergences between Judaism and the emergent Christianity contributed to build it. Thus the purpose of this article is to foster some historical understanding of the subject from some approaches that bridge the gap between the early anti-Semitism of Christianity and the appropriation of the Protocols of the Sages of Zion by the Nazis.