Why did Luther hate the Jews?

by JustLookingAroundFor

I’ve been trying to find the cliff notes of “Jews and their lies”. I found lots of articles on the subject but none that spoke about WHY he had this gripe. Most stuff only covers what he was suggesting they do about it (get rid of the Jews if they don’t convert). Even the Wikipedia doesn’t mention any of the content of his argument. Also some stuff on if he always hated them vs only did later in life.

So, I ended up biting the bullet and speed reading through the essay. I’m hoping somebody else who has read it with a more thorough eye can confirm my fast interpretation...

He disliked them because

  1. Jews view themselves as gods chosen people which went against his theories that everyone was equally loved by god

  2. Less so, he didn’t like they, allegedly, all made their money from lending/usury and this gave them political power locally/otherwise

He goes over a bunch of bible stuff and things like circumscition and “Jews vs Goyim” ideas but all of that seemed to be “evidence” in arguing how they aren’t actually gods chosen people (vs arguments themselves).

Is this a correct understanding of his essay?

If so, he seemed to get angrier at Jews than Christians (who also sometimes had views that contradicted his views on god)

Astronoid

Uber-answerer u/sunagainstgold has addressed this a few times in the past.

This is a good one.