Hood's study contends that Aquinas's writings remain resistant to or skeptical of anti-Jewish trends in thirteenth-century theology. Aquinas sets out simply to clarify and systematize received theological and canonistic teachings on the Jews.
Introduction1. The Theological Tradition2. The Thirteenth-Century Context 3. People of the Promises, People of the Law4. Gravissimum Peccatum: The Crucifixion of Christ and the Guilt of the Jews5. The Jews in Christian Society 6. Aquinas and the Persecution of European JewsList of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index