... rates were quite high due to a high risk factor environment where total loss was probable). Overall, the Jews of the later Middle Ages because directly synonymous with money lending or loaning. The system at the same time, further increased anti-semitic attitudes toward the Jews, out of ... in place of the "Old Testament" (Hebrew Bible). The God of justice had been replaced with the God of love, which led to the teaching that the Jews were only an aspect of preparation for the arrival of the Messiah. As the Church rose to power by the fourth century, it turned against the synagogues with...

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