The sun., 1901-10-06

That hsr- T. uutuitg u-N iu auti-Sen,-
ti-in - Well known lnc princips fao's
relating to the anci-u' Yro'agoni~,s - 10"
mpVemcut will h. found IN tins vuluu"
- the Jewish Tncvciuprda under the
title Apion.- II. that lrr" this name was
a Greek grammarian ami -.phtst ~ AicN-
andra. VIII" was horn iu tie Great Ossls
of Egypt. between - and ~ u G.. and
died l..' .'recn A. - a. ard - Il was IN
the third hook of ms historical work,
tgyptiAca. that he put forth the slandcr-
against the Jews which found their way
ro Tacitu- and 10 many other writers IN
Rome. and io rcfutc which Jo-"phus prnu"d
he second par of his Apologize 'rcatI-e
entitled. Contra Aponrm B'-id,- ouu-
'tihutins ammunition ~ hi~ own. Apipn
repeated whatever Maactho. hollonru>
Molu. Posidonius. 'hnt"moU and ly-.-
nachu- had ever written agaius' tho Jews
Thus he reiteratos "a" tai" told hv Name
tho ~ the Jewish peop" having i~"n tod
out Of Egypt. n hnrd" ~ lep"r~. blind and
lame To account for ~" oiigiu Of 'ue
~abhAth. Apion tells a story current among
The Isople uf ms day When 'l. liu.Dp
leTp.rs lihis - the uumher al~n given hv
I.ysimachusl eIT-ll"d from Egypt had
travelled for sIX DAYS. they Developed
huhoe- IN their groin- and 49, they rested
on the seventh dsv for their rrcuprration.
The name for this naladv l-'iug -ain iu ~"
Egyptian hnguagr. they called IA" daN
IL r-si Srbod'h Apipu d"rdes IA. religion
~ the jews bv r'prnduciug all sorts of
ridiculous -lander- concerning th" Tempt"
80 Jerusalem Thus h" writes tha, when
Antiochus Epiphsnes "nter-d IA" holy
place. he found there an ass head made
of gold As the wort 81 all calumnies. h-
lrvel-d the chArgr ~ human sacrifice
against the Jewish faith. a charge which has
len - often repeated lie asserts that
the Jews con'rived each wear a. certain
time to capture a Greek foreigner. fatirn
him up and then bring him tn a certain
fprrS'. wh.re they slew him with religious
rites kpion ridicul"s tho Jewish sscri-
f,,,s their abstcniIou from swineS flesh
aud tho rite OF circumcision. A. special
proof that the Jews have neither good
laws nor the right worship of God. Apion
singles out the fact that they are never
rulers of other nations. but always sub
iects: wherefore their own CITY. Jcru-a-
lem. had often suffered siege and misfor-
tune Neither says. Apion. have thev ever
produced any pronounced genius, or in
ventor Of any kind, nor any one NJ all em-
nrnt for wisdom 4 few excerpts from
Apion. In fine. preserved hv Josephus.
exhibit systematic defamation Of tho jew
and are IN" more rrmar kahle that thcv
have l~en repeated almost IN the Sam"
form throughout the anti-Srmiiic writings
~ eighteen centuries, from Tacitus down
to Dnimont in our own day
In III" article on Amt -Ssnitism- IN this
Encyclopaedia u j. pnint"d cat that whir
tho term should prop-rly hr RESTRICTED a.,
tho Modern movements against the Jcv,
uhc word indeed -s~ms no, to have l-cn
,oined before tho end of the .-eventie-l. Vet
IN its wider scnse IL NAV ~ said 30 include
the persecution Of the Jews A. all times
and among all nations Prom this point ~
view tho history OF anti -Seiniti-m h-gius
with tho period of tho Rpok of Esther. when
the charge WIS made tha, the Jews ar' q
people scattered abroad aud disprr-si
among the psople IN all tho pruVincr- uf
thy kingdom, and their laws are div-r-'
from tho~c ~ all other I-eopl~- n"ith-r
keep they tho King laws therefore % b.
not for tho king's profit 90 suffer them
In the Hclleni1.d Orirnt. and later on M 'h"
Roman world. the Jews Nrrr tho targets uf
hatred combined With cpnt~mut I"
med,~Val literature On the rubissi j. uuf
considered In the article l-.f,r,, u iuI.-
much a. tho Ritack- 10 that ht~ra'ur,' np .
Judaism VIEW has>d principally uu Mig u-
gruunsi. NhA' is nov pfop"rlv knpvu s- .
ant ->S~tnitism had IT. r,-,'s IN th- Ac,' '..
1wtne tho fr-ts'h R-yuiufisn viru r'. .
hg,ous hl-rtv h.d l--,'un,- = mprr ,f tr-s .
A~-p,~d dHsmA in Is1lnicai -ricu vi. 1uI
w~ '~si-. s-~asrmioai "f -'cial nai o. To-
toand 'uf th~ AtsHAs on 'lr- i~s, auI .
IsF'hulsflv fuf he nfgsssiiisn ~ ftFIf ~. D
enfFt y -it-~m-n' Siu0- ~" ~iru O..
sgsssA lxoanss yt~d1I..iaAul - sr-ys.z :