Jesus in the TalmudScattered throughout the Talmud, the founding document of rabbinic Judaism in late antiquity, can be found quite a few references to Jesus--and they're not flattering. In this lucid, richly detailed, and accessible book, Peter Schäfer examines how the rabbis of the Talmud read, understood, and used the New Testament Jesus narrative to assert, ultimately, Judaism's superiority over Christianity. |
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... Yehoshua allows it (in the Tosefta parallel it is the Sages). The Tosefta and both the Jerusalem and the Babylonian Talmud elab- orate further upon this Mishna. According to the Tosefta, R. Eliezer re- sponds to the Sages: “But did not ...
... Yehoshua travels to Athens to meet the Greek Sages . R. Yehoshua and the Athenians engage in a long discussion that aims at finding out who is cleverer , the Greek Sages or the rabbi . Asked to tell them some fiction sto- ries ( milei ...
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Contents
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2 The SonDisciple Who Turned out Badly | 25 |
3 The Frivolous Disciple | 34 |
4 The Torah Teacher | 41 |
5 Healing in the Name of Jesus | 52 |
6 Jesus Execution | 63 |
7 Jesus Disciples | 75 |
8 Jesus Punishment in Hell | 82 |
9 Jesus in the Talmud | 95 |
Bavli Manuscripts and Censorship | 131 |
Notes | 145 |
Bibliography | 191 |
Index | 203 |