Esau's Tears: Modern Anti-Semitism and the Rise of the Jews

Description: Esau's Tears explores the rise of modern racial-political anti-Semitism in Europe and the United States. Previous histories have been more concerned with description than analysis and most have lacked balance. The evidence presented in this volume suggests that anti-Semitism in these years was more ambiguous than usually presented, less pervasive and central to the lives of both Jews and non-Jews, and by no means clearly pointed to a rising hatred of Jews everywhere, even less to the likelihood of mass murder. Hatred of Jews was not as mysterious or incomprehensible as often presented, but may be related to the differing percept ... (more)

Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
Release date: 4 December 2000
ISBN-10 : 0521795389 | ISBN-13: 9780521795388

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