Editing Antisemitism in Christianity (section)

==Anti-Judaism==
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Many Christians do not consider [[anti-Judaism]] [[anti-Semitism]].{{according to whom|date=May 2013}} They regard anti-Judaism as a [[Criticism of Judaism|disagreement with the tenets of Judaism]] by religiously sincere people, while they regard anti-Semitism as an emotional bias or hatred which does not specifically target the religion of Judaism. Under this approach, anti-Judaism is not regarded as anti-Semitism because it does not involve actual hostility towards the Jewish people, instead, anti-Judaism only rejects the religious beliefs of Judaism.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}

Others believe that anti-Judaism is the rejection of Judaism as a religion or opposition to Judaism's beliefs and practices ''essentially because'' of their source in [[Judaism]] or because a belief or practice is associated with the Jewish people. (But see [[supersessionism]])

Several scholars, including Susannah Heschel,<ref name="Susannah_Heschel_2008"/> Gavin I Langmuir<ref name="langmuir_1990">Langmuir, AvGavin I., [https://archive.org/details/historyreligiona0000lang History, Religion, and Antisemitism], p. 40, University of California Press, 1990</ref> and Uriel Tal<ref name="Susannah_Heschel_2008"/> hold the position that anti-Judaism directly led to modern anti-Semitism. [[Pope John Paul II]] in 'We Remember: A Reflection on the [[Shoah]],' and the Jewish declaration on Christianity, [[Dabru Emet]] opinionated the position that "Christian theological anti-Judaism is a phenomenon which is distinct from modern anti-Semitism, which is rooted in economic and racial thought, so that Christian teachings should not be held responsible for anti-Semitism".<ref name="Susannah_Heschel_2008"/>

Although some Christians did consider anti-Judaism to be contrary to Christian teaching in the past, this view was not widely expressed by Christian leaders and lay people. In many cases, the practical tolerance towards the Jewish religion and Jews prevailed. Some Christian groups condemned verbal anti-Judaism, particularly in their early years.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}