Monsters and Madonnas: The Roots of Christian Anti-Semitism, Revised Edition - Paperback

by Judith Gold (Author), Joseph Gold (Editor)

Judith Taylor Gold challenges traditional views that trace the source of Christian anti-Semitism to the presentation of Jews in the first four books of the New Testament. She contends that the unflattering depiction of Jews in the gospels and other Christian writings is the result--not the cause--of Christian anti-Semitism. Traversing widely ranging subjects such as pre-Christian religion, New and Old Testament scripture, horror literature, incest and pornography, she invokes an imperative "exchange of dialectics" between the unconscious mind and the hidden content of the Christ story as the birthplace of Christian anti-Semitism.

Author Biography

Judith Taylor Gold is a scholar of Bible and religion. She lives in upstate New York.