Further response...

Is always appreciated...


Maaron Uccolough writes:

The Deicide thing was an invention of the middle-ages. The patristics cooked it up as part of a anti-jewish program motivated by what one might call "tradition-envy." I don't think anyone would insist that the conviction and persecution of the historical jesus had nothing to do with jews (and romans). But the real kicker, for medieval thought was the part about jews somehow 'knowing' that jesus was the true messiah but not wanting to let go of the law and the jewish heritage (closed community, etc.) So, the early christian church accused judaism of hypocrisy and deceit. The christian view of history made it a simple leap from this kind of ethnic post-figuration to present and pre-figurations of jewish faith as anti-christian. It should be ancient history, of course, but for many it isn't. Just ask george w. bush. He thinks zionism's great, because once we consolidate all the jews in one place, we can have a mass conversion and history can end. No more pesky questions about WMDs, etc. This is the medieval mind at work in the politics of the present.

Indeed!