Jantzen,, Kyle2019-09-252019-09-252014-03-1120132291-0786http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/202380Christopher Probst has written an insightful analysis of the ways in which Protestant reformer Martin Luther’s anti-Jewish writings were used by German Protestants during the Third Reich. Fundamental to Probst’s work is his consistent use of Gavin Langmuir’s distinction between non-rational anti-Judaism (antipathy rooted in theological differences or other symbolic language which stand apart from and not against rational thought) and irrational antisemitism (antagonism rooted in factually untrue and slanderous accusations against Jews). In contrast to the idea that pre-modern anti-Jewish thought was generally religious and therefore anti-Judaic while modern anti-Jewish thought is political or racial and therefore antisemitic, Probst sees both anti-Judaic and antisemitic elements in the language of Luther and the twentieth-century German theologians, church leaders, and pastors who invoked him (3-4, 6, 17-19). In light of this, Demonizing the Jews is a book about historical continuity. Evernote Export file://///Brownsvr/EmployeeHomeFolders/kjantzen/Desktop/CCHQ Mar... 2engCreative Commons Copyright (CC 2.5)JewishWolfgangConfessing ChurchGlobal Church History and World ChristianityContemporaryHistory of Christian missionsWorld ChristianityArticle