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Christianity: The source of Anti-Semitism? For centuries, Christians have been fixated with converting Jews. The time has now finally come that they end their fascination in trying to convert the Jewish people, and instead concentrate on persevering their own religion. As long as man can remember Jews and Christians have been in conflict with one another. From the forth century onwards, that conflict grew as Romans and Christians intermarried and the oppression of Jews escalated further. Christians firmly believed that “God was punishing the Jews in history by casting down upon them, it became a Christian duty to help God in this task”(p.8). This animosity was led by the Christian frame of mind that their faith had been superior. They believed that God was punishing the Jews by the destruction of Judaea, for simply rejecting the “true religion” (p.8). Perhaps the most sinister part of anti-Semitism for the Christians involved their concerns surrounding the New Testament.
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