SOURCE: Haynes, Stephen R. “Introduction.” In Jews and the Christian Imagination: Reluctant Witnesses, pp. 1-11. Hampshire, England: Macmillan Press Ltd., 1995.

In the following excerpt, Haynes examines the conception of Jews in the imagination of Christian writers, focusing on what he suggests are largely unconscious attitudes toward them.

^[The Jews^] are our supporters in their books, our enemies in their hearts, our witnesses in their scrolls.

Augustine, On Faith in Things Unseen

The history of the nation of Israel is indeed unlike that of any other nation throughout human history. No other nation has been so blessed by God and yet so hated by Satan. The factors of satanic persecution, divine judgment for sin, and divine blessing honoring the promises to Abraham are all evident throughout Jewish history.

John Ankerberg and John Weldon, One World: Biblical Prophecy and the New World Order

Why this extraordinarily neurotic way of reacting...