"A scholarly but eminently readable tracing of the sources and recurring themes of anti-Semitism."—Library Journal "Poliakov has demonstrated brilliantly how widely and deeply versed he is in his subject."—Economist "Highly recommended without exception."—Choice "Léon Poliakov's work on antisemitism is of enormous importance. As a work of scholarship it is almost without peer. One could have imagined that Poliakov's study might have given a long overdue burial to the longest hatred. Sadly—tragically—it has taken on a new urgency in our time as the images and issues have been resurrected at the beginning of the twenty-first century."—Michael Berenbaum, Director, Sigi Ziering Institute "Poliakov has shown that anti-Semitism is no chance phenomenon but an emanation of European culture."—Times Literary Supplement