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'''Antisemitism''' is [[discrimination]], prejudice, and [[Hate|hatred]] against [[Jews]] and [[Jewish]] culture. As a word, it is first recorded in the English language in 1882,<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antisemitism</ref> but as an idea and argument of hatred examples exist from much earlier times, particularly stemming from the fact that Jews were God's first chosen people. It was Wilhelm Marr (1819–1904), an anti-Jewish German agitator, who coined the term ''"antisemitism"'' in 1879.<ref>Epstein, Varda Meyers (May 27, 2019). [https://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/opinions/antisemitism-spell-it-without-the-hyphen-please/2019/05/27/ Antisemitism: Spell it Without the Hyphen-Please]. ''The Jewish Press''. Retrieved December 13, 2022.</ref> And, since then, the term always referred to anti-Jewish bigotry.

'''Antisemitism''' is [[discrimination]], prejudice, and [[Hate|hatred]] against [[Jews]] and [[Jewish]] culture. As a word, it is first recorded in the English language in 1882,<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antisemitism</ref> but as an idea and argument of hatred examples exist from much earlier times, particularly stemming from the fact that Jews were God's first chosen people. It was Wilhelm Marr (1819–1904), an anti-Jewish German agitator, who coined the term ''"antisemitism"'' in 1879.<ref>Epstein, Varda Meyers (May 27, 2019). [https://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/opinions/antisemitism-spell-it-without-the-hyphen-please/2019/05/27/ Antisemitism: Spell it Without the Hyphen-Please]. ''The Jewish Press''. Retrieved December 13, 2022.</ref> And, since then, the term always referred to anti-Jewish bigotry.

==Origins of Anti-Semitism==

==Origins of antisemitism==

The first Christians were mostly Jews, including the original followers of Jesus Christ. The story of Jesus was remembered and retold in the synagogues. Splits appeared very soon after the death of Jesus between the [[Pharisees]] and the Revisionist Jews. The [[Gospel of John]] was written quite soon after he and other revisionist Jews were barred from the [[synagogue]] by the Orthodox party. The references to Jews in the Gospel according to St John does not refer to Jews as a whole, but to the Pharisees. However, this was not well understood by later readers, and once the early generations of Jews had died out John's gospel was often used to justify acts of anti-Semitism.

The first Christians were mostly Jews, including the original followers of Jesus Christ. The story of Jesus was remembered and retold in the synagogues. Splits appeared very soon after the death of Jesus between the [[Pharisees]] and the Revisionist Jews. The [[Gospel of John]] was written quite soon after he and other revisionist Jews were barred from the [[synagogue]] by the Orthodox party. The references to Jews in the Gospel according to St John does not refer to Jews as a whole, but to the Pharisees. However, this was not well understood by later readers, and once the early generations of Jews had died out John's gospel was often used to justify acts of anti-Semitism.