Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Antisemitism
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Antisemitism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Classical Period
- 1 Antisemitism in the Pagan World
- 2 New Testament Origins of Christian Anti-Judaism
- 3 Anti-Judaism in Early Christian Writings
- 4 Church Fathers and Antisemitism from the 2nd Century through Augustine (end of 450 CE)
- 5 Christians, Jews, and Judaism in the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East, c. 150–400 CE
- 6 Christianizing the Roman Empire
- 7 Antisemitism in Byzantium, 4th–7th Centuries
- Part II Medieval Times
- Part III The Modern Era
- Appendix The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance: Working Definition of Antisemitism
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
7 - Antisemitism in Byzantium, 4th–7th Centuries
from Part I - The Classical Period
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2022
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Antisemitism
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Antisemitism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Classical Period
- 1 Antisemitism in the Pagan World
- 2 New Testament Origins of Christian Anti-Judaism
- 3 Anti-Judaism in Early Christian Writings
- 4 Church Fathers and Antisemitism from the 2nd Century through Augustine (end of 450 CE)
- 5 Christians, Jews, and Judaism in the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East, c. 150–400 CE
- 6 Christianizing the Roman Empire
- 7 Antisemitism in Byzantium, 4th–7th Centuries
- Part II Medieval Times
- Part III The Modern Era
- Appendix The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance: Working Definition of Antisemitism
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
Summary
Jewish status as citizens of the Roman Empire since 212 CE devolved during the three centuries from Constantine to Heraklios through political, legal, religious, social, and economic restrictions and suffered from mob pressures resulting in periodic pogroms. A complex Christian program led and implemented a state policy to convert the Jews to the dominant Christian religion in order to achieve the eschaton via the return of the crucified messiah, whom the majority now worshipped as God incarnate.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Antisemitism , pp. 118 - 134Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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