What began the hatred against jews or antisemitism?

Question

(i do not know if this question already been asked, so i wil ask now)
This persecution of jews, hatred against jews and antisemitism must have had a starting point. What was it? or how, when, who?

Answer 1

The origen is widely disputed as one would expect from something so old. It seems that most Jews refused to convert to the religion of their hosts and instead maintained their own religion, rituals and customs, (often at great personal sacrifice) and that may have been the cause of the original discrimination.

Antisemitism is discrimination, hostility or prejudice directed at Jews as a religious, racial, or ethnic group. Antisemitism has been called "the longest hatred." Its instances range from individual hatred to institutionalized, violent persecution. Extreme instances of persecution include the Spanish Inquisition, eviction from Spain, various pogroms, and the most infamous, Adolf Hitler's Holocaust.

Different forms of antisemitism may be distinguished:

Religious antisemitism is also known as anti-Judaism. As the name implies, it was the practice of Judaism itself that was the defining characteristic of the antisemitic attacks. Under this version of antisemitism, attacks would often stop if Jews stopped practicing or changed their public faith, especially by conversion to the "official" or "right" religion, and sometimes, liturgical exclusion of Jewish converts (the case of Christianized Marranos or Iberian Jews in the late 15th and 16th centuries convicted of secretly practising Judaism or Jewish customs).
Racial antisemitism is the idea that the Jews are a distinct and inferior race. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it gained mainstream acceptance as part of the eugenics movement, which categorized non-whites as inferior. It more specifically claims that the so-called Nordic Europeans are superior. Racial antisemites saw the Jews as part of a semitic race and emphasized their "alien" extra-European origins. They saw Jews as beyond redemption even if they converted to the majority religion. Anthropologists discussed whether the Jews possessed any Arabic-Armenoid, African-Nubian or Asian-Turkic ancestries. Since the second world war racial antisemitism has appeared almost only in Neo-Nazi and white supremacist movements.
New antisemitism is the concept of a new form of 21st century antisemitism coming simultaneously from the left, the far right, and radical Islam, which tends to focus on opposition to Zionism and a Jewish homeland in the State of Israel, and which may deploy traditional antisemitism motifs. Proponents of the concept argue that anti-Zionism, anti-Americanism, anti-globalization, third worldism, and demonization of Israel or double standards applied to its conduct may be linked to antisemitism, or constitute disguised antisemitism. Critics of the concept argue that it conflates anti-Zionism with antisemitism, defines legitimate criticism of Israel too narrowly and demonization too broadly, trivializes the meaning of antisemitism, and exploits antisemitism in order to silence debate.

Answer 2

Just to add to the person above me, (I'm sure the hatred began long before this...but) back when the Christians were going on pilgrimages (I don't remember the exact dates, I took this class 2 years ago lol, but google Christian Crusades, and you'll find out). Well when the Christian's were crusading, the journeys were really long, and they needed places to stay, money to borrow for supplies, etc. And according to the New Testament, Christian's aren't allowed to make a profit off of helping people, so they cannot charge interest on loans. In the Torah, however, you're allowed to profit. So Jews were the only ones who could lend money to the Christians. Now think about yourself (I'm sure you're still too young to pay bills, but maybe you pay your own cellphone bill or something?) Well, imagine you are flat out broke, and your phone company keeps calling you about the money you owe them.. I'm sure you'd feel some hatred towards them too. Honestly, hatred is disgusting though. People need to calm down. A few days ago, I heard a guy say he hates Jews, and I asked him for a reason. Surprise, surprise, he couldn't give me a single one :) *sigh*

Answer 3

The original meaning of "semite" included both Arab and Jew; both were from the Middle East. Now, Jews claim the word to mean only Jewish people. Most people hate what they fear. Judaism is a religion with many good people. Zionism, however, strikes fear into the heart of a lot of people.
We should not confuse these two beliefs.

Answer 4

Tribal or migrant groups have fought with other tribal or migrant groups throughout history. Jews and Arabs were no exception. Conflict with Jews began with slavery in Egypt. But that was compounded by a lack of unity among early Arab tribes, and an attempt at unity (Islam) that has not be fully successful in cooperating with the rest of the world. Their goal is to make you submit, through persuasion or the sword.

Answer 5

There are many reasons but the common theme is that Jews exist. It's the same reason that any type of person is hated for simply being themselves. Some narrow minded people don't like it (or they become influenced by people in power) hence they develop a phobia or a prejudice.

Answer 6

The ancient Egyptians hated Jews, as did the Babylonians, that was long before Islam or Christianity. In 5000 years of history Israel has only gotten along with it's neighbors when it was occupied.

Answer 7

This is the world being misled. If the hatred was antizionist at least the right people would be targeted. These are the people in charge who have caused all the problems the Jews get blamed for. Make no mistake these people do not believe in the same god we do!

Answer 8

Some early Christians also disliked the Jews because they crucified Christ.

There are two problems with this hypothesis:
1) actually, the Romans did it
2) wasn't Christ *supposed* to be crucified? If so, then they were just doing their part to make that happen.

At this point, it doesn't matter what *started* it, just as long as such nonsense--all racist/ethnic discrimination, in fact--ends.

Answer 9

To my knowledge, a couple of things:
1. That we're "Christ-killers", which isn't true.
2. That we consider ourselves, among the norm, the Chosen People, and non-Jews don't like that "selfishness"

Answer 10

...the most oppressed people on the Planet throughout history have been the Hebrew Nation... "they" were under oppression from as far back as 5000 BC... you can read all about in Gods Word... Exodus, Chapter #1 is a good start....