So, taking Jewish texts out of context is kind of a sine qua non of Christian biblical translation and exegesis. The entire Christian NT is built on foundational mistranslations and the pulling of verses out of context from Jewish sources.
Even beyond that, though, is the removing of Christian NT-only stories from the context of their alleged historical time. The “cleansing of the Temple” story is one, very obvious, example. In Christianity the story has simple framing: Jews exchange money/sell animals in the Temple, Jesus figure does not care for this, Jesus goes bezerker in the Temple (possibly with malice aforethought, if one goes with the “handwove a whip for the occasion” version), and then Jesus chases the money exchangers/animal sellers/animals out of the Temple.
Straightforward, right? The Jesus figure, in Christianity, is rooting out corruption and greed in a sacred religious space. Danged greedy, corrupt Jews. (Yes, this story is the basis of all kinds of antisemitism.)
Here’s the thing. In context, it looks different, as anyone from the Jesus figure’s alleged lifetime would’ve known. Because money changing and animal sales were necessary services in Second Temple Judaism. It was a sacrifice-based religion, and Jews would return during major festivals from all over the empire to partake. And the animals they had to provide for sacrifice had to be flawless. So you’d bring your coins, exchange them for currency acceptable for religious purposes in Judea (ie not bearing the image of the emperor), buy your flawless sacrifice animal, and then walk into the next courtyard or so and sacrifice it.
Walking into the next courtyard was key, because all economic activity happened in the Court of the Gentiles, where no religious activity could occur.
So one day, during a major pilgrimage and sacrifice holiday, a random local rabble rouser, if for the sake of argument the NT is correct, made it impossible for Jews to fulfill their religious obligations by losing his shit over perfectly expected (and, in our texts, required) activity.
Paints a very different picture, doesn’t it? That’s why ripping it out of context is antisemitic, as without context it presents Jewish ritual itself as being impure, greedy, or corrupt. Just as one example.
