J E S U S I N T H E T A L M U D L LE HIS PERSO NA IT Y , HI S DISC I P S AND HI S SAY ING S B Y BERNHARD P Ph D IC K, . D . D . CHI C AG O LONDON T HE OP E N COURT P UBLI S HI NG C OM P ANY 191 3 /N C O N T E N T S ’ P ubli s h e r s Pre f a ce ; I ntro d uctio n I - N Y F S - PART . PERSO ALIT O JE U S 13 44 P e r s o n ality o f J e s u s ; J esu s All e ge d to b e Bo rn Out o f We dl o ck ; J e s us an d Hi s T each e r ; J es u s a M agi ci an ; J e s u s an Id o l ate r ; Cla ims o f J e s us D en i e d ; B al aam - J e su s ; Th e Ag e o f B al aam (J e s us ) Th e Tri a l o fJ e s u s ; Th e Exe cu o n o f in ti J es u s ; J e s u s H e ll . —TH E DI S C I P LE S AND F OLLOW PART I I . 47- 69 Th e F 1 ve s ci e s o f e sfi s aco th e Di pl J f J b , P e r fo r i ( r cles aco th e m i i 2131 Mi a ; J b , Te ach er ; An o th e r ) Mi racl e P e r f o rmer ; ’ ’ A Ch ris tian Ju dge ; Ch igis tian s Stu dy th e f) i rn r n r n S c riptuTes k s h aet eh s Ag ai s t Ch i s ti a Writi ngs ; Pro te s ts Agai n s t Ch ri s ti an s ; n m n E ac t e ts . Y N G S OF S U S 73 - 101 PART I I I . SA I JE n Ta lmudi c P arall e l s ; I d e x . BL E ’ E E P U I S H RS PR FAC . The importanc e of th e utterances in the Tal mud conc erning Je su s mu s t not be mi sunderstood - and s till le s s mu s t they be over e s timated . We ’ th erefore c all th e reader s attention to the fac t th at th ey are not ba s ed on c ontemporary evi h denc e and thu s po s se s s no hi stori c al value . T ey are the expre s s ion of a non - Ch ri s tian spirit mo s tly ho stile and s ometime s po s itively offen s ive . u u u s sa In exten ation of the Talm d we m t y, th e s w e w first , that animo ity bet een J and Gen i h e tile s deep and mu tu al . W en the Gentil s th e e w w th e ew blame J for rong thinking, J may u w eq ally blame the Gentile for rong doing, for the Je w h a s h ad to suffer pers ecution of the c ruele s t kind . Fu rth er w e mu st bear in mind th at the Tal mu d is c s s c not one book with a on i tent tenden y , but c u s s s a ollection of inn merable writing , e ays , s w . s w anecdote , and hat not Side by ide ith noble h u h s w e w s s s and deep t o g t find orthle go sip . On account of th e latter we mu s t not forget the for w c mer and there ith depre iate the entire Talmud . For th e s e reasons we wi sh the reader to u s e th e present pamph let w ith di s cretion and to bear in mind the c ondition s exi sting in the age in wh ich the s e u tteran c e s con c erning Je su s were w Th e u h h a s c c ritten . a t or colle ted and ollated h s s t em for eriou s tudy of the facts in the case . They are material for the s cholar and mu st not s s s a s u in any en e be con idered pop lar reading . TH E B H P U LI S ERS . NOTE B Y TH E A U TH OR — Th e greate r p art o f thi s wo rk was a re a in r n wh n h n n l dy p i t e t e i te re sti g bo o k o f P ro f . ' arc w s u h u i r i i St k a p bli s e d . J e s s D e Ha s t k e r u n d d e h r s e n e 19 10 C i t , L ipzig , . PART I . E L F E P RSONA ITY O J SUS . THE TALMUD . I n r i n — s u s s t o duct o . Je as repre ented in the Talmu d is a subj e c t whi c h mu s t intere s t the h s F o r c an o f C ri stian tu dent . what be pro founder intere st than to learn wh at the Jew s h have s aid c onc erning Je su s and C ri s tianity . We th e w sh h s s s naturally look to Je i i torian Jo ephu , who de sc ribed and witne s s ed the downfall o f th e B ut w . Jewi s h c ommonwealth . e are disappointed “ ” h h is s ! V 3 3 True t at in Antiquitie ( I I I , , ) s h as s Jo ephus reference to Christ , but scholar 1 are no w generally agreed that this pa s s age is a L s s s later interpolation . eaving then a ide Jo ephu , “ we mu s t tu rn to that enc yc lopedia o f Jewish ” wi s dom and u nwisdom whic h is known a s the u c h f h Talm d . We annot speak ere o t e origin o f u s o f h and contents this volumino work , w ich a complete tran s lation into any modern langu age u th e does not yet exi st . We m st refer reader to 1 S ee h o weve r among o th e r de f en de rs o f th e p as s age 1 n o s e h u s e hris tus -Z eu is s e aus d em k las J p , S itz , C g n is c h Al u n 1 e s en ter t m o o e 906 t . 9 e . s , C l g , , q J ESUS I N T H E TA L M UD ” 2 our article Talmud . But even this work does ou r not add anything to knowledge , yea , it is no w rather di s appointing . For the Talmud as we have it c ontain s not tho s e Christian or rather an - s s s c . ti Chri tian pa ages , whi h it originally had Modern J u dai s m c omplains o f the intolerance 3 h c o f of the Churc , whi h from the time Justinian B ut for per s ec uted and bu rned the Talmu d . it get s that the Talmu d only reaped what it has s u c R owed , and that the Ch r h of ome only acted in accordance with the Talmud itself . For it was th e very Talmu d which taught that in c ase out of a fire breaking on the Sabbath , the Gos w s min m i e . pels and other ork of the (i . , Chris “ s u tian ) sho ld not be re sc ued . By the life o f s on th e R Tar h on my , said abbi p , should they e . (i . , these writings ) come into my hand I would bu rn them together with the names o f c c God whi h they ontained . Were I pursued , I would rather take refuge in a temple o f idols ’ . h e . u s F o r than in their (i , the C ristians ) ho es . u the latter are wil f l traitors , while the heathen sinned in ignoranc e of the right way ; and con ‘ cerning them th e Scripture says : Behind the s s s et u doors , al o, and the post , hast thou p thy z ’ S e e McClinto ck ron s Th ol E n v l ! e .