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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…

On the recordJanuary 1, 1852
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.
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Benjamin Disraeli

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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