Textual and Historical Criticism of Talmudic Passages about Jesus and Christianity Cover Image

Krytyka tekstologiczna i historyczna passusów Talmudu o Jezusie i chrześcijaństwie
Textual and Historical Criticism of Talmudic Passages about Jesus and Christianity

Author(s): Mirosław S. Wróbel
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Theology and Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

Summary/Abstract: In the present article the author makes analysis of Talmudic passages which explicite or implicite refer to Jesus and Christianity. These texts are translated into Polish, and explained by a concise commentary which is based on textual and historical analysis. The article pays attention on anti-Christian potential in Jewish literature which is the result of polemic between Judaism and Christianity about the identity of verus Israel. First the passages about Jesus are analyzed in which he is described as Jeszu(a) (ha-Nocri), Ben Pandera, Ben Stada (Stara), Balaam, Peloni, Mamzer. Then the texts about Christians are marked off in which they are described as minim and nocrim. This article can be used to an authentic dialogue between Jews and Christians about past, presence and future.

  • Issue Year: 27/2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 15-50
  • Page Count: 36
  • Language: Polish