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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 305.8924003 EAN: 9780810858626 ISBN: 0810858622 Label: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Manufacturer: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 520 Publication Date: January 28, 2007 Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Studio: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Related Items:
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 Rating: - A Marvelous Reference Work for Student and ScholarThe Dictionary of Antisemitism is a marvelous tool that I lament I did not have handy within arms-reach on my shelf of necessary reference works these last 40 years when I embarked on combating antisemitism under the spur of Vatican II's "Nostra Aetate" and the inspiration of Fathers James Parkes and Edward Flannery. Everything one can need will be found here and with helpful bibliographical references for each entry: mystical terms, numerals, and symbols; topics from pre-Christian antiquity to the ... Read More Rating: - Dictionary of Antisemitism - a gemIt's more than a dictionary. It's a rational account of the whole sorry history of antisemitism. More than that, this book is a psychological, sociological, religious, economic, ideological story of the world's longest, and arguably strongest, hatred. It takes us across the whole world historically and geographically, from pre-Christian pagan times to Mel Gibson, from Asia to Latin America to the United States to Europe. It's a treasure; I had trouble putting it down. 
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