Talmudic Views on Jesus and Christianity

There is a special antagonism between the Talmud and Jesus.

The Talmud attacks him everywhere it can, even his mother.

Mary, the Talmud says, was a whore who mated with carpenters.

She who was the descendant of princes and governors played the harlot with

carpenters.

It naturally followed that the scribes declared Christ to be a

bastard.

In its article on Jesus, the Jewish Encyclopedia says that

Jewish writings defame Christ.

It is the tendency of all these sources to belittle the person of Jesus by

ascribing to him illegitimate birth, magic, and a

shameful death.

Jesus, according to this article, was considered one of the three worst

enemies

of Judaism who came to an ignoble end.

The Talmud says they subjected him to four deaths,

stoning, burning, decapitation, and strangling.

The Talmud also says he is now in hell, punished with boiling

hot excrement.

What is Christ's advice as he speaks to us out of hell?

The Jewish Encyclopedia quotes Jesus as telling us above all to

bless the Jews. He says,

Further their well-being. Do nothing to their detriment.

Whoever touches them touches even the apple of his eye.

Christians, as followers of the false prophet Jesus,

also

deserve death.

The Jewish Encyclopedia again recaps the Talmud's

position. A Gentile observing the Sabbath

deserves death.

It says the Talmud's hatred was probably directed against the

Christian

Jews. These Judeo-Christians, evasively called Min,

Minit, or Minim, were considered by the rabbis to be the

most

dangerous form of heretics of ancient times.

The New Testament Gospels were writings which the rabbis considered

more

dangerous to the unity of Judaism than those of the pagans.

A Talmudic rabbi said, The writings of Christians deserve to

be burned, for paganism is less dangerous than Minit

or Christianity.

The Jewish Encyclopedia, in its article on Min, continues to

illustrate the Talmudic hatred of Christianity.

Again, we must remember, Minim usually indicates the

Judeo-Christians.

It was forbidden to partake of meat, bread, or wine with the

Christian. Scrolls of the law, tefillin, and

mezuzot written by a Christian were burned.

An animal slaughtered by a Christian was forbidden food.

The relatives of the Christian were not permitted to observe the laws of

mourning after his death, but were required to assume festive

garments and rejoice.

The testimony of a Christian was not admitted in evidence in Jewish

courts, and an Israelite who found anything

belonging to one who

was a Christian was forbidden to return it to him.