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Marx's essay “On the Jewish Question” has become “one of the classics of anti-Semitic propaganda,” according to Lewis.<ref>Bernard Lewis, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=GteStbiDEjAC Semites and anti-Semites: An Inquiry into Conflict and Prejudice]'' (W. W. Norton & Company, 1999) ISBN 0393318397, p. 112</ref> Coleman identifies Marx's essay as "perhaps, the most condensed identification of Jews with self-interest."<ref>William Coleman, "[http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/history_of_political_economy/v035/35.4coleman.pdf Anti-Semitism in Anti-economics]," ''History of Political Economy'', Vol. 35, No. 4 (Winter 2003), pp. 759-777</ref> In it, Marx exploits the “widespread antisemitic caricature of Jews as inveterate moneylenders and hucksters along with the use of the term ''Judentum'' [Jewishness, Judaism] as a metaphor for commerce,” writes Larry Ray, Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent.<ref>Larry Ray, “[http://www.engageonline.org.uk/journal/index.php?journal_id=12&article_id=49 Marx and the Radical Critique of Difference],” ''Engage'', Issue 3 (September 2006)</ref> In Marx's view, Jews are responsible for capitalism.<ref>Bernard Lewis, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=GteStbiDEjAC Semites and anti-Semites: An Inquiry into Conflict and Prejudice]'' (W. W. Norton & Company, 1999) ISBN 0393318397, p. 112</ref> Marx exploits the stereotype of Jews “linked in the popular imagination with usury, sharp dealing, and ruthless cunning” to incite hatred of capitalism, writes Stephen J. Greenblatt, Professor of English and American Literature and Language at Harvard University. Marx's essay involves “a sharp, even hysterical, denial of his religious background,” as well as “extreme [rhetorical] violence” and “utter separation of himself from the people he excoriates.... “

Marx's essay “On the Jewish Question” has become “one of the classics of anti-Semitic propaganda,” according to Lewis.<ref>Bernard Lewis, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=GteStbiDEjAC Semites and anti-Semites: An Inquiry into Conflict and Prejudice]'' (W. W. Norton & Company, 1999) ISBN 0393318397, p. 112</ref> Coleman identifies Marx's essay as "perhaps, the most condensed identification of Jews with self-interest."<ref>William Coleman, "[http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/history_of_political_economy/v035/35.4coleman.pdf Anti-Semitism in Anti-economics]," ''History of Political Economy'', Vol. 35, No. 4 (Winter 2003), pp. 759-777</ref> In it, Marx exploits the “widespread antisemitic caricature of Jews as inveterate moneylenders and hucksters along with the use of the term ''Judentum'' [Jewishness, Judaism] as a metaphor for commerce,” writes Larry Ray, Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent.<ref>Larry Ray, “[http://www.engageonline.org.uk/journal/index.php?journal_id=12&article_id=49 Marx and the Radical Critique of Difference],” ''Engage'', Issue 3 (September 2006)</ref> In Marx's view, Jews are responsible for capitalism.<ref>Bernard Lewis, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=GteStbiDEjAC Semites and anti-Semites: An Inquiry into Conflict and Prejudice]'' (W. W. Norton & Company, 1999) ISBN 0393318397, p. 112</ref> Marx exploits the stereotype of Jews “linked in the popular imagination with usury, sharp dealing, and ruthless cunning” to incite hatred of capitalism, writes Stephen J. Greenblatt, Professor of English and American Literature and Language at Harvard University. Marx's essay involves “a sharp, even hysterical, denial of his religious background,” as well as “extreme [rhetorical] violence” and “utter separation of himself from the people he excoriates.... “

{{cquote|[T]he tone of the attack on the Jews rises to an almost ecstatic disgust at the moment when Marx seems to be locating the Jews most clearly as a product of bourgeois culture; it is as if Marx were eager to prove that he is in no way excusing or forgiving the Jews.<ref>Stephen J. Greenblatt, "[http://www.jstor.org/pss/1343013 Marlowe, Marx, and Anti-Semitism]," ''Critical Inquiry'', Volume 5, Number 2 (Winter 1978), pp. 291-307</ref>}}

{{cquote|[T]he tone of the attack on the Jews rises to an almost ecstatic disgust at the moment when Marx seems to be locating the Jews most clearly as a product of bourgeois culture; it is as if Marx were eager to prove that he is in no way excusing or forgiving the Jews.<ref>Stephen J. Greenblatt, "[http://www.jstor.org/pss/1343013 Marlowe, Marx, and Anti-Semitism]," ''Critical Inquiry'', Volume 5, Number 2 (Winter 1978), pp. 291-307</ref>}}

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