rought them into their homes. Because the Court Jews had the respect of the King, it was no wonder that Christians would accept these particular Jews as somewhat equal. These Jews were accepted into the Christian society were viewed as somewhat assimilated and seen as models to the Jews who were not assimilated through the views of some Christians. Other Christians viewed these perceived assimilated Jews as a threat because as they saw it these Jews were attempting to infiltrate Christian society. Once again some felt as though that once clear line or boundaries between Jews and Christians were now being blurred to the extent which some feared they would never again be clear. Another significant issue that emerged for many Jews at this time was question of whether Jews could be loyal to their country of citizenship and at the same time loyal to their religion. This was also a question, which many Christians posed of the Jews. From the perspective of non- Jews there were two points of view which emerged. These views shaped and perpetuated the perceptions of Jews by non- Jews. One of the views contended that the Jews were a product of Christian attitudes, this being that since they were not accepted and assimilated fully into the Christian society. These Christians who believed this felt that they owned the blame for the Jews being what they are they also believed that given the opportunity the Jews could potentially become productive and perhaps even productive members of society. The second point of view held that Jews were inherently bad and can never be salvaged despite any and all efforts made by Christians to assimilate them. These Christians felt that there was absolutely no possibility of Jews having and holding productive positions in society. All the aforementioned occurrences lead to the transformation of traditional Jewish communities, and paved the way for Jewish existence, as it is known today. It is apparent, even through t...
