MJJG 14-23 Beatty no relation to Warren though / misprint p19

Becky Lindroos bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net
Sat Nov 14 01:14:57 UTC 2020


On Nov 13, 2020, at 2:51 AM, Raphael Saltwood <PlainMrBotanyB at outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> P 19, “Jew Grew” - is this a typo? Probably?
> “1 must ponder the effect of Jew Grew on 2,000 years of civilization,” Calvinist editorial writers wonder aloud.

I don’t think it’s a typo -  I think Reed was making a statement about history being cyclical and the growing intolerance for Jews - again.  There’s the Knights Templar, the Egyptian link and other stuff -  I’ll have to keep a look out for this type of thing.  And this is supposedly coming from a Calvinist editorial circa 1920-22?  When anti-semitism was growing in Germany and the Southern States (and a lot of other places).  

https://crimereads.com/ishmael-reeds-hoodoo-detective/
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-roots-of-american-anti-semitism

Becky 




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