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{en} Marvin Perry - Frederick M. Schweitzer. Antisemitism: Myth and Hate from Antiquity to the Present. New York: Palgrave, 2002.

Abstract

Since the 9/11/01 attacks on America, anti-Semitism has been on the rise, its roots firmly anchored in centuries-old prejudices. Schweitzer and Perry analyze the lies, misperceptions, and myths about Jews and Judaism that have been spread throughout the centuries. Beginning in antiquity and continuing into the present day, the authors explore major anti-Semitic themes: Jews as murderers of Christ; Jews as both evil capitalists and evil communists; the "myth" of the Holocaust; and the Nation of Islam's hatred of the Jews.

Contents

The trial and death of Jesus: the myth of "Christ killers" and the "criminal people" -- Ritual murderers: Christian blood and Jewish matzohs -- The diabolization of Jews: demons, conspirators, and race defilers -- Homo Judaicus economicus: the Jew as Shylock, parasite, and plutocrat -- Denying the Holocaust: a neo-Nazi mythology -- Antisemitic myths blackwashed: the nation of Islam inherits a devil.

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