JS-3100 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Nazi Germany, The Holocaust, Jews
12 Oct 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
JS-3100
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
The Gospels
"Probably" Mark was the first Gospel written (probably 66-74)
Rest of the Gospels stem off: Matthew and Luke (80's)
i.
John is very different: "intellectual Gospel" (sometime after 95)
Word "Jew" 71 times
1)
Only 16 times together in 3 other Gospels
2)
ii.
a.
1.
Jews and Christians in Central Europe, circa 400-circa 1100
Christianity has become the state religion (from being the oppressed and
down-trodden)
a.
The 2nd temple is destroyed (Jews are being "oppressed")
b.
The Fall of Rome a little after 400
c.
Becomes clear that the two are separated after first 1000 years
d.
Islam is on the rise
e.
Feudalism rises
f.
Diaspora: Jews move/settle in northern Europe (Jewish settlements)
Year 700: that area was filled with Pagan people (big problem for
Jews)
Tribes of indigenous peoples: don't believe in anything that
approaches Christianity or Judaism (gods of nature, war, etc)
No commonality of belief
a)
1)
i.
g.
2.
The First Crusade, 1096
Christians go to the Holy Land but learn that there are infidels in Europe
a.
Missionizing spirit that used to be against Pagans is now against Jews and
Muslims
b.
First massacres of Jews: first cases of Christians attacking Jews bc they
think they killed Christ (1000 years later)
c.
Jews take a child and nail him to the cross like Christ --> leads to
bloodshed
d.
Christian society becomes a persecuting society; heresy
Homosexuality becomes targeted
i.
e.
3.
The Martyrdom of Christ
4.
Ritual Murder Charges
Accusation that Jews take young Christian boys (especially), draw the
a.
5.
Christians and Jews I
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
3:10 PM
find more resources at oneclass.com
find more resources at oneclass.com
Accusation that Jews take young Christian boys (especially), draw the
blood from them, and use the blood in the making of Matzos during
Passover
a.
Host Desecration Charges
Simon of Trent: 1475
Jewish priests drawing his blood
i.
a.
1450's/60's is the first printing press: you can now buy books/flyers
Multiplication of information
i.
Truth and falsehood is multiplied
ii.
Hatred between groups becomes planted in people's minds much
more than before
iii.
b.
Host is in Christian ritual, body of Christ is consecrated by the priest
c.
Moment of ritualized cannibalism
d.
Jews reenact the killing of Christ by taking the wafers of communion and
stabbing them: legend says that when the wafers are stabbed, blood
spurts out
e.
6.
The Black Death
Idea that Jews plagued/poisoned the well at the time of the Black
Plague/Death
a.
Calamity of the 1st order
People look for a scapegoat = Jews (legend of poison)
i.
b.
7.
Expulsion from Central European Cities
Jews move to the East (away from Germany, Austria, Hungary)
a.
8.
Formation of East European Jewry
Yiddish-speaking Jews
a.
9.
Martin Luther, The Jews and their Lies
The Reformation: Luther argues against the abuses of the church
Called the "power" of the Catholic priests to turn wafers into
Christ's body a magician's trick
i.
Luther was more open in the beginning to reconciliation with Jews,
but it was based off Jews listening to Christians and converting
By 1540's, he realizes Jews won't convert
1)
ii.
Publishes pamphlet "Against Jews and Their Lies": Jews should be
expelled from Christian-German cities
Also burn down their houses, stamp them to the ground,
burn synagogues
1)
In a lot of cases, chapels are built over where synagogues to
symbolize a Christian victory
2)
iii.
a.
10.
European Jews in the Early Modern Period, roughly 1500-1800
11.
find more resources at oneclass.com
find more resources at oneclass.com
