Lay minister Dr Peter Harris explores the truth of the recent claim made by Rev Michael Cohen that John’s Gospel is anti-Judaist

The history of Christianity reveals that some Christians and some Christian societies have been anti-Judaist. Possibly the most famous Christian anti-Judaist is Martin Luther (1483-1546) who, in his disgust at Jewish people’s failure to accept the gospel of grace, wrote an invective called On the Jews and their Lies in which he called for, among other things, the razing of synagogues and Jewish schools. 

One of the worst manifestations of Christian anti-Judaism took place during the First Crusade (1096-1099) when Crusaders, marching to war against Muslims in the Holy Land, massacred Rhineland Jews. The cause of Christian antipathy towards Jews… (Register to read the rest of the article)