The belief that the present condition of the Jewish race is a penal infliction for the part which some Jews took at the crucifixion is not dogmatically sound.
Benjamin Disraeli: “The belief that the present condition of the Jewish race is a penal infliction for the part which some Jews took at the…”
Editor's note · Context
In his biography of Lord George Bentinck, Disraeli refutes the theological belief that the Jewish people's condition is a punishment for the crucifixion.
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