The Burning Bush: Antisemitism and World History

by Barnet Litvinoff

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Rome against Jerusalem
Between the Crescent & the Cross
Homelands in the Wilderness
Outcasts of Europe
Steps towards the Racial Divide
Perils of Emancipation
Wagner, Dreyfus & the Liberal Paradox
Pogrom: The Jewish Response
In Quest of the Elders of Zion
Fascism Triumphant
Holocaust
End of Exile
Conflicts of Identity
Bibliography
Index

493 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Karl Radl · Rating 4 out of 5]

In a crowded market of books trying to understand 'anti-Semitism' Litvinoff's 'Burning Bush' is one of the better ones in part because while his views are conventional (i.e., 'anti-Semitism is evil') he is also prepared to draw logical conclusions (i.e., there had to be a Hitler Order for the 'Holocaust' and if there was not one then therefore something is 'rotten in Denmark') and also willing to admit (often implicitly) that jewish behaviour had (and has) a role in the rise and decline of 'anti-Semitism' within the cycles of history.

Thus it is a book worth reading far more than many other similar 'histories of anti-Semitism' such as Walter Lacquer, Leon Poliakov and Robert Wistrich's various works. It is let down by the fact that being a product of the 1980s some of the debates/research has moved on significantly but is still well written and a better than average contribution to this crowded field.