David N. Myers <myers@history.ucla.edu> Fall 1998

Bunche 5387/x53780 Office hours: R 1-4

 This course surveys the origins and historical development of anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism has assumed manifold forms in different contexts with perhaps only one common feature: its malleability. It is the aim of this course to identify the wide array of expressions and actions that fall under the rubric of anti-Semitism, as well as to examine the decisive role played by anti-Semitism in forging new forms of Jewish expression.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Midterm exam (1/3), final exam (1/3), and term paper. Please note that the final exam will not be cumulative, but will cover the second half of the course. The term paper will focus on a topic of your choosing in consultation with the instructor. Outlines for the paper should be handed in no later than the sixth week of classes. The final paper should contain a cogent and well-crafted argument that is supported by careful research. I also expect that the paper possess proper grammar, spelling, and citation form. For questions relating to style, please consult The Chicago Manual of Style.

READINGS: Most required readings are contained in the Course Reader. In the syllabus, I have indicated the page numbers of articles and books included in the Reader in bold. Other readings (marked by *) will be placed on reserve in a box bearing the instructor's name and course title in the History Department Reading Room on the sixth floor of Bunche Hall.

For the latter half of the course, please purchase Paul Mendes-Flohr and Jehuda Reinharz, eds., The Jew in the Modern World. This book will be available at the ASUCLA Bookstore in mid-October.

The Course Reader can be purchased at Course Reader Material, 1141 Westwood Blvd. Phone: 443-3303.

1 (October 1): Introduction: Problems of Definition and Chronology

--Gavin Langmuir, Toward a Definition of Antisemitism, 21-40, 57- 62 [1-16].
--Shaye Cohen, "'Anti-Semitism' in Antiquity," in David Berger, History and Hate, 43-47 [17-19].

--John Gager, The Origins of Anti-Semitism, 35-54 [23-31].
--Ralph Marcus, "Antisemitism in the Hellenistic-Roman World," in K. Pinson, ed., Essays on Anti-Semitism, 61-78 [33-41].

--Solomon Grayzel, "Christian-Jewish Relations in the First Millennium," Essays on Anti-Semitism, 79-93 [42-50].
--James Parkes, The Conflict of the Church and the Synagogue, 27-70 [51-73].

--James Parkes, The Conflict of the Church and the Synagogue, 153-195 [75-96].
--Robert Chazan, ed. Church, State, and Jew in the Middle Ages, 17-51 [97-114].
--Jacob Rader Marcus, ed. The Jew in the Medieval World, 113 [115].

--Robert Chazan, "Medieval Anti-Semitism," in History and Hate, 45-65 [117-125].
--Shlomo Eidelberg, ed., The Jews and the Crusaders, 3-72 [127- 162].

Guest Lecturer: Prof. Moshe Lazar (USC)
--Jacob Rader Marcus, The Jew in the Medieval World, 121-136 [163-171].
--Assorted Texts [173-184]

--Jacob Rader Marcus, The Jew in the Medieval World, 13-19 [185- 188].
--Jane Gerber, "Anti-Semitism and the Muslim World," in History and Hate, 73-93 [189-199].
--Mark R. Cohen, Under Crescent and Cross, 162-194 [201-217].

--Marcus, The Jew in the Medieval World, 173-178 [219-222].
--Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, "Assimilation and Racial Anti-Semitism: The Iberian and German Models." [223-235].
--Robert Chazan, Medieval Stereotypes and Modern Antisemitism, 125-140 [237-245].

--Marcus, The Jew in the Medieval World, 159-169 [247-253].
--**Paul Mendes-Flohr/Jehuda Reinharz, The Jew in the Modern World, 28-53.

--Arthur de Gobineau, Essay on the Inequality of the Races, 205-213 [253-257].
--George Mosse, Toward the Final Solution, 35-93 [259-288].

--**Mendes-Flohr and Reinharz, 327-346.

--**Mendes-Flohr and Reinharz, 351-355.
--*Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 3-89.

--**Mendes-Flohr and Reinharz, 260-274.
--Sander Gilman, Jewish Self-Hatred, 1-21 [289-299].
--Jean-Paul Sartre, Anti-Semite and Jew, 7-59 [301-327].

--George Mosse, 171-190 [329-339]
--**Mendes-Flohr and Reinharz, 636-639.
--Eberhard Jäckel, Hitler's Weltanschauung, 13-26, 47-66 [341- 359].

--**Mendes-Flohr and Reinharz, 642-649, 656.
--Lucy Dawidowicz, The War Against the Jews, 38-69, 169-190 [361-384].

--**Mendes-Flohr and Reinharz, 662-663, 686-690, 696