Exclusive: Marisa Martin examines claim that Christian art fuels anti-Semitism

WND | FAITH
By Marisa Martin

"Jesus Among the Doctors" by Albrecht Durer

Artists have been accused of many things before, but Dr. Bernard Starr’s charge tops them all: “Artists invented the Christian Jesus.” Specifically he charges the church and its artists, theologians and historians with erasing Jewish identity, at times deliberately. This “gross misunderstanding” unleashed a series of disastrous consequences, which he believes underpins historic anti-Semitism. Interest in the subject must be high, with his articles spread across the Internet. He leaves few in peace about this, even petitioning the Association of Art Historians (UK). [link]