Consequently, this 'teaching of contempt', as the Early Church's presentation of Judaism has been aptly described, is regarded as containing the seeds of modern antisemitism.Īlthough Christians are ready to scour patristic texts for the slightest trace of anti-Judaism, there is a reluctance to subject the New Testament to the same critique. Their research has demonstrated that antipathy towards Jews is never far from the surface in the writings of some of the most influential theologians. Spurred into action by the claim that there is a direct link between the Nazi Holocaust and the Church's negative attitude towards Judaism, scholars have subjected the views of the early Christian fathers to close scrutiny. With few exceptions they begin with the major theologians of the second century CE. Since 1945 many detailed accounts have been written of anti-Jewish polemic in Christian literature.
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