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Jesus In The Talmud

  Jesus In The Talmud   There are several passages in the  Talmud which are believed by some scholars to be references to  Jesus . The name used in the Talmud is " Yeshu ", the  Aramaic  vocalization (although not spelling) of the  Hebrew  name  Yeshua . [1] [2] Head of Christ  by Rembrandt The identification of Jesus with any number of individuals named  Yeshu  has numerous problems, as most of the individuals are said to have lived in time periods far detached from that of Jesus;  Yeshu the sorcerer  is noted for being executed by the  Hasmonean government  which lost legal authority in 63 BC,  Yeshu the student  is described being among the  Pharisees  who returned to Israel from Egypt in 74 BC, [3] [4] [5]  and  Yeshu ben Pandera/ben Stada 's stepfather is noted as speaking with  Rabbi Akiva  shortly before the rabbi's execution, an event which occurred in c. 134 AD. [6] [7] [8]  These events would place the lifetime of any Yeshu decades before or after the birth
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