Acts has long sat atop or near the top of lists of “anti-Jewish” or “supersessionist” NT texts due to its rhetoric and portrait of “the Jews.” This study seeks to read Acts’ images of Jews within Judaism. It argues that, rather than using the Jews as a negative “other” to constr…
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“History repeats itself” is a saying we are all too familiar with, but why is that true? As we look at our modern society we can see that pain persists and hate crimes are on the rise, particularly those of antisemitism and those holding anti-Asian ideologies. The Racked System …
After World War II, Richard Strauss’s life and compositions came under intense scrutiny as scholars tried to understand his position with respect to the National Socialist regime. Their conclusions varied; however, the focus remained on separating Strauss’s actions and works dur…
This dissertation examines urban expulsions of Jews in the Holy Roman Empire 1000-1520 CE. I argue that expulsions were policy changes undertaken within a political economy that placed increasing value on religiously-based concepts of political responsibility and Christian commu…
For a more complete understanding of the significance of fascism in inter-war Britain, it is important to consider the extent to which fascist views were an expression or extension of existing mainstream views. This thesis uses original research to examine how far the promotion …
The rise of antisemitism in Europe today is worrying and has resulted in historians questioning the effectiveness of Holocaust education in imparting lessons on racial discrimination. One method of public education that centres on the Holocaust is museum exhibitions. This thesis…
My dissertation reconceptualizes our understanding of conservative evangelicals' staunch support for Israel in recent decades as part of a wider turn toward philosemitism. Though scholars have pointed to premillennialism—the theological belief in Israel as the fulfillment of pro…
This dissertation traces the competing forces of antisemitism and Jewish civic activism in French colonial Algeria from the 1870 Crémieux decree to the end of World War II. The dissertation centers on the experience of Algerian Jews and their evolving identity as citizens as the…
In this study, I examine how Jews in the United States, Western Europe, and Israel reacted to the Slansky Affair, the Doctors' Plot, and the general wave of overt Soviet antisemitism which took shape in late 1952 until Stalin's death in early March 1953. I explore how the Holoca…