How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Line)
Quote #7
Ithamore: Fie upon 'em, master. Will you turn Christian when holy
friars turn devils and murder one another?
Barabas: No, for this example I'll remain a Jew.
Heaven bless me! What, a friar a murderer?
When shall you see a Jew commit the like? (4.1.188-92)
Man, friars do get the fuzzy end of the lollipop in this play. Barabas has just tricked Jacomo into thinking that he's murdered his fellow friar Bernadine, saying that Christianity clearly isn't the way to go if friars kill each other. And, sure, Jacomo hasn't actually murdered Bernadine, but there are plenty of other reasons you make label him a "devil." For one, he thinks he actually is a murderer, and does his best to get away with it.
Quote #8
Make account of me
As of thy fellow. We are villains both;
Both circumcised, we hate Christians both. (2.3.213-15)
It's too bad (NOT) that Barabas isn't negotiating peace in the middle east, because it sounds like he has it all worked out: Jews and Muslins should get along, because they're both circumcised, evil, and Christian-hating. Talk about brotherly love.
Quote #9
Use him as if he were a Philistine:
Dissemble, swear, protest, vow to love him,
He is not of the seed of Abraham. (2.3.228-30)
Another example of how good behavior is only owed to people within your own community. It's okay to lie to Lodowick, Barabas tells Abigail, because he's a non-Jew (not a son of Abraham). He tells Abigail to act like the Philistine Delilah, who pretends to love the Israelite Samson and later betrays him to his death.