The dispute between social versus religious interpretations of anti-Semitism pervaded the whole history of scholarly research. Whereas socio-historical interpretations had underlined the social aspects, current studies on anti-Semitism focus on religious motifs. The thesis that anti-Semitism was a result of a religious conflict, however, is far more alleged than substantially proved by the sources. So it seems necessary to go back to the sources. Therefore this paper analyzes the language of the Venetian Catholic newspaper Il Veneto Cattolico/ La Difesa from the foundation of the newspaper in 1867 up to the First World War. Just a few years before the term anti-Semitism was coined, Catholic journalists of Venice had created the new semantic of secular anti-Semitism. They turned back to religious issues when they tried to systematize their anti-Jewish sentiments. Thus one can observe in the coverage of the Venetian Catholic journals the invention of an anti-Semitic tradition.

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十九世纪末期的天主教报纸Il Veneto Cattolico / La Difesa中的反犹太主义语言

社会和宗教对反犹太主义的解释之间的争执遍及整个学术研究的历史。尽管社会历史解释强调了社会方面，但目前有关反犹太主义的研究集中在宗教图案上。然而，反犹太主义是宗教冲突的结果这一论点被指责得多，而不是资料来源充分证明的。因此，似乎有必要回到源头。因此，本文分析了从1867年报纸创立到第一次世界大战期间的威尼斯天主教报纸Il Veneto Cattolico / La Difesa的语言。在反犹太主义一词出现的前几年，威尼斯的天主教记者创造了世俗反犹太主义的新语义。当他们试图系统化其反犹太情绪时，他们又转向了宗教问题。因此，人们可以在威尼斯天主教杂志的报道中看到反犹太传统的发明。