Theos-Talk Archives (May 2000 Message tt00214)

In a message dated 05/21/00 12:01:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
bartl@sprynet.com writes:

<<    I would state that anti-semitism was originally coined as a euphenism 
for
 "anti-Jew". The key on whether or not its pathological is whether the reasons
 are based on facts or lies. >>

Hi Bart, 

As a point of curiosity, I remember reading somewhere that both the Arabs and 
the Jews were Semites. Through Abraham I think. How is it that the phrase 
anti-Semite has come to mean only anti-Jewish and not anti Arab also? Do you 
know who coined this term and when? Is it of Arabic, Jewish or non Semitic 
origins. I appreciate any light you can shed on this matter.

Louis

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