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Assuming the biblical source to be fraudulent because it is Jewish. You could really tie your brain in knots with that one
by gandalfian 6y ago
Assuming the biblical source to be fraudulent because it is Jewish. You could really tie your brain in knots with that one
- rossdavidh 6y agoI don't doubt that anti-Semitism had a role, but Shapiro had been caught selling forgeries before, so it was not suspicion based entirely on him being Jewish.
- fortran77 6y agoHe was a "convert" to Christianity, so neither Jews nor Christians were likely to trust him.
- camjohnson26 6y agoLike instances of historical Christian anti-semitism. Got some news for you about Jesus...
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- throwawaygal7 6y agoI dont think the shapira finds can really be said to have been dismissed out of anti semitism, after all his cheif critic was also a jewish person. Sure, the cartoons in the times use jewish stereotypes - but only for one of the two jews in them - and they both are well after the actual event , and so cannot be showing the motivations of those alleging forgery