Coming to Terms with the Holocaust, Part 4: Nazis, Pagans, Christians, Muslims and Jews

This course offers fresh perspectives on the history and causes of anti-Judaism and anti-Semitism and provides a deeper and broader understanding of the Holocaust and its religious, social and historical roots from antiquity to the Middle Ages to the present day. We begin with the rivalry for converts between Jews and the Early Church Fathers. Then we follow the thread of anti-Judaism in western and eastern Europe through the Middle Ages, to the tumultuous 19th century and the beginnings of the 20th, particularly in Germany. This course will be recorded. Students will have access to videos for the duration of the course.