Protean Prejudice Anti-Semitism in England's Age of Reason

by Glassman, Bernard

• ISBN13: 9780788504327
• ISBN10: 0788504320
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: University of South Florida

Summary

This book argues that prejudice during England's Age of Reason was not diminished, only diffused. In spite of scientific advances, the religious teachings of the past were still real factors in the attitudes of the time. Using original source materials previously overlooked or ignored by many historians of the period, the author finds hostility towards both Jews and Judaism still prominently present among those in the forefront of the Enlightenment.

Author Biography

Rabbi Bernard Glassman is a visiting professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, a member of the faculty of Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel Institute of Jewish Studies, and Book Review Editor for Conservative Judaism Quarterly.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
The Temper Of The Times	p. 1
Religious "Others"	p. 35
Ethnic "Others"	p. 77
Racial "Others"	p. 101
Secret And Sinful "Others"	p. 121
National "Others"	p. 131
The Jewish Experience	p. 143
The "Jew Bill" Of 1753 And Its Aftermath	p. 183
Conclusions	p. 213
Bibliography	p. 215
Index	p. 247
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