Jesus In The Talmud: His Personality, His Disciples And His Sayings

The importance of the utterances in the Talmud concerning Jesus must not be misunderstood and still less must they be over-estimated. We therefore call the reader's attention to the fact that they are not based on contemporary evidence and thus possess no historical value. They are the expression of a non-Christian spirit mostly hostile and sometimes positively offensive.
In extenuation of the Talmud we must say, first, that the animosity between Jew and Gentile is deep and mutual. When the ...