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Martin Luther, the Bible, and the Jewish People Matthew A. Jones ''Gifford and Slagell have doneThe place and significance of Martin Luther in the long history of Christian anti Jewish polemic has been and continues to be a contested issue. It is true that Luther's anti Jewish rhetoric intensified toward the end of his life, but reading Luther with a careful eye toward "the Jewish question," it becomes clear that Luther's theological presuppositions toward Judaism and the Jewish people are a central, core component of his thought throughout his