Anti-Judaism

Anti-Judaism is hostility or opposition directed at Judaism as a religion. It is often distinguished from antisemitism directed at Jews as a people, though the two have frequently overlapped.

Christian anti-Judaism: Hostility toward Judaism rooted in Christian teachings and institutions. It became a major historical form of religious opposition to Judaism.
Blood libel: The false accusation that Jews murder Christians, often children, to use their blood in religious rituals. It transformed religious suspicion into a specific, deadly conspiracy charge.
Antisemitism: Hostility, prejudice, or discrimination directed at Jews as Jews. Its focus on Jews as a people differs from anti-Judaism's focus on their religion.
Spanish Inquisition: A tribunal established by the Spanish monarchy in 1478 to investigate heresy, especially among converts from Judaism and Islam. It scrutinized Jewish converts and their descendants for alleged secret religious practice.
Second Vatican Council: The Catholic Church's ecumenical council held from 1962 to 1965, which addressed relations with other religions and the modern world. Its deliberations produced a landmark reassessment of Catholic teaching about Jews.
Adversus Judaeos literature: Christian writings arguing against Jewish beliefs and practices, especially in late antiquity. These polemics established recurring arguments against Judaism.
Host desecration libel: The false accusation that Jews stole and mistreated the consecrated Eucharistic wafer. It framed Jewish rejection of Christian belief as sacrilege and attack.
Anti-Zionism: Opposition to Zionism, the movement for Jewish self-determination in the historic Land of Israel. Opposition to a political movement is distinct from opposition to Judaism as a religion.
Alhambra Decree: The 1492 edict ordering Jews to leave the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon or convert to Christianity. It made religious conformity a condition for Jews to remain in Spain.
Jules Isaac: A French Jewish historian who documented Christian anti-Judaism and influenced Catholic reconsideration of its teachings. His work pressed the Catholic Church to confront anti-Jewish elements in Christian instruction.

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Johannes PfefferkornNarrower topic: Pfefferkorn’s attacks expressed Christian anti-Judaism through demands to destroy or seize Jewish books.