A Rabbi and Twelve-Hundred Missionaries Walk into a Conference: Philo-Semitism and Anti-Semitism at Edinburgh, 1910

  • George Faithful

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Abstract

Had a rabbi attended the World Missionary Conference at Edinburgh in 1910, that rabbi’s ambivalence may have been equaled only by that of the delegates. This presentation will demonstrate how the conference’s first commission report expressed both philo- and anti-Semitism, affirming the value of the world’s Jewish population while portraying it as a threat. This juxtaposition reveals the conference as ahead of its time, in some regards, and an event rooted in the values of its time, in others.

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Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - Oct 1 2010
Externally publishedYes
EventAnnual Meeting of The American Academy of Religion - Atlanta, United States
Duration: Oct 30 2010Nov 1 2010

Conference

ConferenceAnnual Meeting of The American Academy of Religion
Abbreviated titleAAR
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta
Period10/30/1011/1/10

Keywords

  • philo-Semitism
  • anti-Semitism

Disciplines

  • European History
  • Jewish Studies

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