Christianity in Talmud and Midrash: The Presence of Jesus and Christian Influences in the Jewish Literature

This study of early Christianity investigates how the Gospel of Christ and Christian ideas influenced Jewish rabbinical texts, particularly the Talmud and Midrash.

How and to what extent the emergence of Christian beliefs in the 1^st century AD influenced the existing Jewish lore is a lively topic long debated between religious historians and theologians. This investigation ranges from the time following the death of Christ to the early 4^th century AD; the time at which the Roman Empire forma...