Semitism

Hebrew linguistic influence

Semitism refers to the characteristics, qualities, or influence of Semitic peoples—historically those speaking Semitic languages, particularly Jews and Arabs.

The term appears most often in its negated form: antisemitism, meaning hostility toward Jews.

On its own, Semitism is rare and somewhat awkward, occasionally used to mean Jewish culture or identity, or support for Jewish interests.

linguistic

Hebrew

Semitic language of Israel

AramaicAncient Semitic language
PhoenicianAncient Lebanese seafarer
ArabicSemitic language family member

Akkadian · Amharic · cognates · consonantal · Ethiopic · Maltese · morphology · lexicon · Canaanite · vocabulary

cultural

Judaism

Religion following Mosaic law

monotheismBelief in one god
AbrahamicOf related desert faiths
MesopotamiaTigris-Euphrates river region

Levant · diaspora · heritage · traditions · biblical · covenant · prophetic · patriarchal · tribal · Sephardic

scholarly

philology

Study of historical texts

orientalismInterest in Eastern aesthetics
ethnographySystematic study of peoples
nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900

classification · racialist · taxonomy · biblical criticism · archaeology · epigraphy · etymology · academic · anthropology · categorization

Opposites

linguistic/ethnic identity

SemitismHellenism

Greek cultural influence

Latinism · Eurocentrism

attitude toward jewish people

Semitismanti-Semitism

Hostility toward Jewish people

antisemitism · Jew-hatred · anti-Zionism

Phrases

Northwest SemiticAncient Levantine language branch

Family

anti-Semitism, antisemitism, Semitic, antisemitic, anti-Semitic

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