George, the (Hebrew) Bible refers to the Jews repeatedly as "a holy people, a kingdom of priests." I think that to somone as familiar with the Bible as Carter, "the holy people" could only mean the Jewish people.

But let's for the sake of argument assume that Carter was just referring to the priests, or the Pharisees, or some other subgroup of the Jews. The fact remains that it was the Romans who crucified Jesus; the Romans, and not some or any or all Jews. To attribute the crucifixion to (some of) the Jews is an anti-semitic lie, the original anti-semitic lie on which all the others are built.

Ravenhart, I don't know what Carter was thinking. All I know is what he wrote, and it's up there in black & white, and it's antisemitic.

Eric the red, I'll answer your objection, if you'll present it in terms suitable for public speech.

Richard, I can only tell you what it looks like to me. I can't see how "they" can refer to any but "the holy people."