Chapters 8-10

I found the relationship between the Jews and the Christians very intriguing while reading these chapters. The speed at which they turned on each other clearly showed how sincere their relationships were. In chapter 9 it was very evident that under the Christians rule the Jews continued to deteriorate at the hands of the Christian emperors. The banning of the intermarriage between Jews and Christians after Constantine's death in 337 in addition to new legislation prohibiting Jews from owning slaves. Such measures were designed to isolate Jews and to the cripple Jewish industry. Later in 353, there was new legislation that forbade Christians from converting to Judaism. I find it very interesting how the Jews are somewhat seeking revenge by treating the Palestinians in a similar manner today, one would think that after being stigmatized as being "savage" "abominable"and "blasphemous"  as well as being deemed "the enemies of society" they would understand that isolating and treating another group as such is kind of inhumane. The Jews were also pushed to the margins and treated as outcasts similarly to how the Christians had once been. History does seem to repeat itself.