1. James,
   David Wood has a “wooden” head!
   These apologists will NOT look at anything that weakens their stance!
   In the New Testament, Jesus of Nazareth’s argument with the Pharisees is about the WRITTEN TORAH versus the ORAL TORAH aka the JEWISH TALMUD, which was written down between 200 AD to 500 AD.
   See Matthew 15:1-20; Matthew 23:1-39; John 8:43-47.

   JEWS SAY JUDAS RAPED JESUS:

   © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2013 DOI: 10.1163/15700674-12342150
   Medieval Encounters 19 (2013) 493-533 brill.com/me
   Medieval
   Jewish, Christian and Muslim Culture
   Encounters in Confluence and Dialogue

   THE AERIAL BATTLE IN THE TOLEDOT YESHU AND SODOMY IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES
   Ruth Mazo Karras*
   Department of History, University of Minnesota, 1110 Heller Hall,
   271 19th Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
   *E-mail: rmk@umn.edu

   Abstract
   Thomas Ebendorfer’s fifteenth-century Latin translation of a Hebrew Toledot Yeshu text is the earliest extant Latin version to include a full narrative from the birth of Jesus to the events following the crucifixion, and predates existing Hebrew versions. After reviewing the place of Ebendorfer’s work in the textual tradition of the Toledot, the article examines carefully the work’s account of the aerial battle between Jesus and Judas, in comparison to other versions.

   Ebendorfer includes the detail of sexual intercourse between the two, which is absent in many later versions. In the context of a discussion of Christian and Jewish attitudes toward male–male sexual activity in the Middle Ages, the article concludes that while this detail was in Ebendorfer’s exemplar, he could have elaborated on it in a way that indicates this was a particularly Christian concern.

   Keywords
   Toledot Yeshu, Thomas Ebendorfer, textual transmission, homosexuality, sodomy, Jesus,
   Raymond Martini, University of Vienna, Christian anti-Judaism, Christian Hebraism

   INTRODUCTION
   Jews had a variety of negative things to say about Jesus in the Middle Ages; Christians were aware of this, and blasphemy could be a pretext for persecution.
   Often the nature of the blasphemy was not recorded, either because to repeat it would have been shocking in itself or because it was more effective simply to hint darkly at the horrible things that were said.
   In the first half of the fifteenth century, however, comes the first documentation of a narrative element that appears in later Hebrew sources, that Jesus was raped by Judas Iscariot.

   The story of how and why this claim, which was perhaps the bluntest narrative account of homosexual intercourse in either 494 R. M. Karras / Medieval Encounters 19 (2013) 493-533 tradition in the Middle Ages, appeared, when read in the light of Christian and Jewish attitudes toward male–male sexual activity in the Middle Ages, reveals a new complication in inter-communal relations.

   The year 1420 saw a major pogrom against the Jews of Upper Austria. The underlying causes included ongoing tensions between students at the University of Vienna and other Viennese and the Jews, the fiscal needs of Archduke (later King) Albrecht V, and suspicion of Jewish complicity with the Hussites; the triggering event was an accusation of host desecration against a Jewish couple in Enns. The result was an edict of expulsion against the Jews of Vienna—the Wiener Geserah (Heb. גזרה gezeirah, “disaster, persecution”)—and in 1421 the burning at the stake of somewhere between 110 and 400 Jews. The situation of the Jews remained desperate until after the accession of Frederick III (King from 1440, Emperor from 1458).1

   Sometime during this period, Thomas Ebendorfer, a scholar of the University of Vienna, with the help of a convert from Judaism, compiled a text called the Falsitates Judaeorum, or Lies of the Jews, the major part of which is a translation of a Hebrew text of the Toledot Yeshu. Ebendorfer, born in 1388, was a student at Vienna from 1408, first in the arts faculty, then in theology. From 1428 to 1460 he was Professor of Theology; as a priest he also held several benefices, and he represented the University at the Council of

   Basel (1432-1435) and the king on several diplomatic missions. A number of his political writings survive as well as a Cronica Austrie up to the year 1463.2

   This article is especially concerned with Ebendorfer’s translation of the Toledot Yeshu, because it marks a break with the versions of this text that can be documented to have circulated from late antiquity to the central Middle Ages.
   [1 The fullest account of the events is still Samuel Krauss, Die Wiener Geserah vom Jahre 1421 (Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller, 1920). A more current account is given in Shlomo Spitzer, Bne Chet: Die österreichischen Juden im Mittelalter: Eine Social- und Kulturgeschichte (Vienna: Böhlau, 1997), 79-98. For accusations of host desecration see Miri Rubin, Gentile Tales: The Narrative Assault on Late Medieval Jews (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999); this particular case is discussed at pp. 76, 116-119.
   2 On Ebendorfer’s work generally see Alphons Lhotsky, Thomas Ebendorfer: Ein österreichischer Geschichtschreiber, Theologe und Diplomat des 15. Jahrhunderts, Schriften der Monumenta Germaniae historica 15 (Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1957).
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2. THIS IS WHAT JUDAISM SAYS ABOUT JESUS OF NAZARETH:

   A CONJURER AND A MAGICIAN
   In the infamous book Toldoth Jeschu, Jesus is blasphemed as follows:

   “And Jesus said: Did not Isaiah and David, my ancestors, prophesy about me? The Lord said to me, thou art my son, today I have begotten thee,(18) etc. Likewise in another place: The Lord said to my Lord, sit thou at my right hand(19). Now I ascend to my father who is in heaven and will sit at his right hand, which you will see with your own eyes. But you, Judas, will never reach that high(20). Then Jesus pronounced the great name of God (IHVH) and continued to do so until a wind came and took him up between earth and sky. Judas also pronounced the name of God and he likewise was taken up by the wind. In this way they both floated around in the air to the amazement of the onlookers. Then Judas, again pronouncing the Divine Name, took hold of Jesus and pushed him down to earth. But Jesus tried to do the same to Judas and thus they fought together. And when Judas saw he could not win out over the works of Jesus he pissed on Jesus, and both thus being unclean they fell to earth; nor could they use the Divine name again until they had washed themselves.”
   (18) Ps. II, 7.
   (19) Ps. CX, 1.
   (20) For it is related that Judas was a competitor of Jesus in the working of miracles.
   Whether those who believe such devilish lies deserve greater hatred or pity, I cannot say.(21)
   (21) Wagenseil, Sota, p. 1049

   In another place in the same book it is related that in the house of the Sanctuary there was a stone which the Patriarch Jacob anointed with oil.(22) On this stone were carved the tetragrammatic letters of the Name (IHVH),(23) and if anyone could learn them he could destroy the world. They therefore decreed that no one must learn them, and they placed two dogs upon two iron columns before the Sanctuary so that if anyone should learn them the dogs would bark at him coming out and he would forget the letters through fear. Then it is related: “Jesus came and entered, learned the letters and wrote them down on parchment. Then he cut into the flesh of his thigh and inserted them there, and having pronounced the name, the wound healed.”(24)

   (22) cf. Genesis, XXVIII
   (23) No one knows how this august name of God is to be read. It is certain, however, that it was not pronounced Jehovah, although it is thus commonly pronounced. For the vowels of this tetragrammatum are the vowels of the name Adonai, and it is thus that the Jews read IHVH. Out of reverence, however, it is never written in their books, with the exception of Sacred Scripture, but only indicated by “, or Haschem, the name.
   (24) Buxtorf. Lexicon

   IDOLATER
   In the Tract Sanhedrin (103a) the words of Psalm XCI, 10:
   ‘No plague shall come near thy dwelling,’ are explained as follows:

   “That thou mayest never have a son or a disciple who will salt his food so much that he destroys his taste in public, like Jesus the Nazarene.”
   To salt one’s food too much or to destroy one’s taste, is proverbially said of one who corrupts his morals or dishonors himself, or who falls into heresy and idolatry and openly preaches it to others.

   SEDUCER
   In the same book Sanhedrin (107b) we read:

   “Mar said: Jesus seduced, corrupted and destroyed Israel.”

   CRUCIFIED
   Finally as punishment for his crimes and impiety, he suffered an ignominious death by being hanged on a cross on the eve of the Passover (as we have seen above).

   JESUS & MUHAMMAD BURIED IN HELL
   The JEWISH book Zohar, III, (282), tells us that Jesus died like a beast and was buried in that “dirt heap…where they throw the dead bodies of dogs and asses, and where the sons of Esau [the Christians] and of Ismael [the Turks], also Jesus and Mahommed, uncircumcized and unclean like dead dogs, are buried.”(25)
   (25) In the book Synag. Judaica, (Ch. III, p. 75) is the following: ‘He who cuts himself off [namely, who does not believe blindly in the Rabbinical teachings] will suffer the tortures of the damned, as is decreed in the Talmudic law of punishment in the Tract de Repudiis (Gitt. c5): He who despises the words of the wise men shall be cast into the dirt heap with the damned.”
   They blasphemously narrate that Jesus of Nazareth & Muhammad, suffered this penalty by being cast into Gehenna.

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3. GENTILES IN HALACHA

   Foreword — Daat Emet

   For a long time we have been considering the necessity of informing our readers about Halacha’s real attitude towards non-Jews. Many untrue things are publicized on this issue and the facts should be made clear. But recently, we were presented with a diligently written article on the subject, authored by a scholar from the Merkaz HaRav yeshiva — so our job was done by others (though we have already discussed some aspects of this issue in the weekly portions of Balak and Matot; see there). Since there is almost no disagreement between us and the author of the article on this issue, we have chosen to bring the article “Jews Are Called ‘Men'” by R’ David Bar-Chayim (in Hebrew) so that the reader will be able to study and understand the attitude of the Halacha towards non-Jews.
   In this article R’ Bar-Chayim discusses the attitude towards “Gentiles” in the Torah and in the Halacha and comes to an unambiguous conclusion:

   “The Torah of Israel makes a clear distinction between a Jew, who is defined as ‘man,’ and a Gentile.”

   That is to say, any notion of equality between human beings is irrelevant to the Halacha. R’ Bar-Chayim’s work is comprehensive, written with intellectual honesty, and deals with almost all the aspects of Halachic treatment of non-Jews. It also refutes the statements of those rabbis who speak out of wishful thinking and, influenced by concepts of modern society, claim that Judaism does not discriminate against people on religious grounds. R’ Bar-Chayim shows that all these people base their constructs not on the Torah but solely on the inclinations of their own hearts. He also shows that there are even rabbis who intentionally distort the Halachic attitude to Gentiles, misleading both themselves and the general public.

   For the English readers’ convenience we will briefly mention the topics dealt with in R’ Bar-Chayim’s article:

   1. Laws in regard to murder, which clearly state that there is Halachic difference between murder of a Jew and of a Gentile (the latter is considered a far less severe crime).

   2. A ban on desecrating the Sabbath to save the life of a Gentile.

   3. A Jew’s exemption from liability if his property (e. g. ox) causes damage to a Gentile’s property. But if a Gentile’s property causes damage to a Jew’s property, the Gentile is liable.

   4. The question of whether robbery of a Gentile is forbidden by the Torah’s law or only by a Rabbinic decree.

   5. A ban on returning a lost item to a Gentile if the reason for returning it is one’s sympathy towards the Gentile and compassion for him.

   6. The sum which a Gentile overpays in a business transaction due to his own error is forfeit; whether a Jew is permitted to intentionally deceive a Gentile is also discussed.

   7. One who kidnaps a Jew is liable to death, but one who kidnaps a Gentile is exempt.

   8. A Jew who hurts or injures a Gentile is not liable for compensation of damage, but a Gentile who hurts a Jew is liable to death.

   9. One who overcharges a Gentile ought not return him the sum that the Gentile overpaid.

   10. A Gentile — or even a convert to Judaism — may not be appointed king or public official of any sort (e. g. a cabinet minister).

   11. One who defames a female proselyte (claiming that she was not virgin at the time of her marriage) is liable to neither lashes nor fine.

   12. The prohibition to hate applies only to Jews; one may hate a Gentile.
   13. One may take revenge against or bear a grudge towards Gentiles; likewise, the commandment “love your neighbor” applies only to Jews, not to Gentiles.
   14. One who sees Gentile graveyards should curse: “Your mother shall be greatly ashamed…”

   15. Gentiles are likened to animals.

   16. If an ox damaged a Gentile maidservant, it should be considered as though the ox damaged a she-ass.
   17. The dead body of a Gentile does not bear ritual impurity, nor does a Gentile who touches the dead body of a Jew become impure — he is considered like an animal who touched a dead body.
   18. One is forbidden to pour anointing oil on a Jew, but there is no ban on pouring that oil on a Gentile because Gentiles are likened to animals.
   19. An animal slaughtered by a Gentile is forbidden, even if the ritual slaughter performed was technically correct, because Gentiles are deemed like animals. (Daat Emet does not agree that this is the Halachic reason for invalidating a Gentile’s ritual slaughter — but this is not the place to delve into the subject).
   20. Their members(genitals) are like those of asses” — Gentiles are likened to animals.
   21. Between the Jews and the Gentiles — In the Aggadah, the Kabbalah, and in Jewish Thought

   R’ Bar-Chayim’s arguments and conclusions are clear, Halachically accurate, and supported by almost all the existent major Halachic works. It would be superfluous to say that R’ Bar-Chayim fully embraces this racist Halachic outlook as the word of the Living G-d, as he himself pointed out in the “Conclusion” of his article: “It is clear to every Jew who accepts the Torah as G-d’s word from Sinai, obligatory and valid for all generations, that it is impossible to introduce ‘compromises’ or ‘renovations’ into it.”
   On the other hand, we want to make it clear that Daat Emet — as well as any reasonable people who do not embrace Halachic laws as the word of the Living G-d — are repulsed by such evil, racist discrimination.
   In the Hebrew text we have abridged the second part of R’ Bar-Chayim’s article, “Between Jews and Gentiles — In the Aggadah, the Kabbalah, and in Jewish Thought,” because, in our view, the Halacha is the law which obligates every religious Jew while concepts of the Aggadah, the Kabbalah, and Jewish thought are not binding on anyone, as our rabbis have already written: “And so the Aggadic constructs of the disciples of disciples, such as Rav Tanchuma and Rabbi Oshaya and their like — most…

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4. THE TALMUD IS THE HEART’S BLOOD OF THE JEWISH RELIGION

   “The Talmud is to this day the circulating heart’s blood of the Jewish religion. Whatever laws, customs or ceremonies we observe ~ whether we are Orthodox, Conservative, Reform or merely spasmodic sentimentalists ~ we follow the Talmud. It is our common law.” ~ Herman Wouk

   We will legally define the Talmud as the basis of the Israeli legal system. ~ Benjamin Netanyahu

   “THE JEWISH TALMUD IS ONE OF THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD”!

   The official unabridged Soncino Edition of the Talmud published in 1935 was “Translated into English with Notes, Glossary and Indices” by such eminent Talmudic scholars as Rabbi Dr. I. Epstein, Rabbi Dr. Samuel Daiches, Rabbi Dr. Israel W. Slotki, M.A., Litt.D., The Reverend Dr. A. Cohen, M.A.’, Ph.D., Maurice Simon, M.A., and the Very Reverend The Chief Rabbi Dr. J.H. Hertz wrote the “Foreword” for the Soncino Edition of the Talmud. The Very Reverend Rabbi Hertz was at the time the Chief Rabbi of England.
   The world’s leading authorities on the Talmud confirm that the official unabridged Soncino Edition of the Talmud translated into English follows the original texts with great exactness. It is almost a word-for-word translation of the original texts. In his famous classic “The History of the Talmud,” Michael Rodkinson, the leading authority on the Talmud, in collaboration with the celebrated Reverend Dr. Isaac M. Wise states:

   “THE JEWISH TALMUD IS ONE OF THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD. During the twenty centuries of its existence…IT SURVIVED IN ITS ENTIRETY, and not only has the power of its foes FAILED TO DESTROY EVEN A SINGLE LINE, but it has not even been able materially to weaken its influence for any length of time.

   IT STILL DOMINATES THE MINDS OF A WHOLE PEOPLE, WHO VENERATE ITS CONTENTS AS DIVINE TRUTH…”

   JEWISH BABYLONIAN TALMUD: SANHEDRIN, 55b-55a:
   “What is meant by this? – Rab said: Pederasty with a child below nine years of age is not deemed as pederasty with a child above that. Samuel said: Pederasty with a child below three years is not treated as with a child above that (2) What is the basis of their dispute? – Rab maintains that only he who is able to engage in sexual intercourse, may, as the passive subject of pederasty throw guilt (upon the actual offender); whilst he who is unable to engage in sexual intercourse cannot be a passive subject of pederasty (in that respect) (3). But Samuel maintains: Scriptures writes, (And thou shalt not lie with mankind) as with the lyings of a woman (4). It has been taught in accordance with Rab: Pederasty at the age of nine years and a day; (55a) (he) who commits bestiality, whether naturally or unnaturally: or a woman who causes herself to be bestiality abused, whether naturally or unnaturally, is liable to punishment (5).”

   JEWISH TALMUD, KETHUBOTH, 11a-11b.
   “Rabba said, It means (5) this: When a grown up man has intercourse with a little girl it is nothing, for when the girl is less than this (6), it is as if one puts the finger in the eye (7), but when a small boy has intercourse with a grown up woman, he makes her as `a girl who is injured by a piece of wood’ “.
   (footnotes) “(5). Lit., `says’. (6) Lit., `here’, that is, less than three years old. (7) Tears come to the eyes again and again, so does virginity come back to the little girl under three years.”

   JEWISH TALMUD, KETHUBOTH, 11a-11b.
   “Rab Judah said that Rab said: A small boy who has intercourse with a grown up woman makes her (as though she were ) injured by a piece of wood (1). Although the intercourse of a small boy is not regarded as a sexual act, nevertheless the woman is injured by it as by a piece of wood(a dildo).”
   (footnotes) “(1) Although the intercourse of a small boy is not regarded as a sexual act, nevertheless the woman is injured by it as by a piece of wood.”

   SANHEDRIN, 69b
   “Our rabbis taught: If a woman sported lewdly with her young son (a minor), and he committed the first stage of cohabitation with her, -Beth Shammai says, he thereby renders her unfit for the priesthood (1). Beth Hillel declares her fit…All agree that the connection of a boy nine years and a day is a real connection; whilst that of one less than eight years is not (2); their dispute refers only to one who is eight years old.

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5. RABBI ABU BAKR
   Shia Muslims say Muhammad was murdered by Abu Bakr and Umar through the means of their daughters, Aisha and Hafsa, feeding him poison.

   Abu Bakr refused to give Fatimah the property her father bequeathed to her!

   It was Abu Bakr who canonized the Quran and slaughtered the Mohammedans who apostatized.

   Umar attacked the house of Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad and kicked the door in on top of her, causing her to miscarry the unborn grandchild of Muhammad.

   Umar refused to give Muhammad Pen & Paper on his death bed. He wanted to write a Last Will & Testament.

   There are 2 sections of the Quran – The Mecca section and The Medina section. One has the peaceful verses and the other has the warring verses.

   ISLAM WAS CREATED BY ARABIAN JEWS
   JEWISHENCYCLOPEDIA
   The unedited full-text of the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia
   SCHWARZ, JOSEPH:
   The results of his investigations and researches into the history, geography, geology, fauna, and flora of that country have placed him in the front rank of Palestinian explorers and geographers. HE IS THE GREATEST JEWISH AUTHORITY ON PALESTINIAN MATTERS SINCE ESTORI FARHI (1282-1357), the author of “Kaftor wa-Feraḥ.”

   HISTORY OF PALESTINE
   614-1096 C.E.
   From the Accession of the Mahomedans to that of the Europeans.
   By Rabbi Joseph Schwarz, 1850

   Rabbi Shallum, son of the then Resh Gelutha, in Babel, aka Abu Bachr al Chaliva al Zadik, Abu Bakr, the first Caliph, was in fact: Rabbi Shallum, son of the then Resh Gelutha, in Babel, perceiving this dreadful predicament, went to Mahomed, and offering him his submission, friendship, and services, endeavoured to enter with him into a friendly compact. Mahomed accepted his proposition with pleasure, conceived a great affection for him, and took his daughter Aisha, a handsome young girl (A 6 year-old child), for wife; he made him also a general in his army, and gave him the name of Abu Bachr al Chaliva al Zadik, literally:

   The father of the maiden, the descendant of the righteous; this means, that of all his wives, who were either widows or divorced women, this one was the only one who had never been married before, and then she was the granddaughter of the celebrated chief of the captivity; therefore, the descendant of the righteous. This occurrence induced Mahomed to give up his terrible intention to destroy the Jews in his country, and thus did Rabbi Shallum save his people.

   THE BETRAYAL
   Abu Bachr and Aliman now resolved among themselves to remove the dangerous enemy of the Jews, Bucheran. One evening Mahomed, Bucheran, Aliman, and Abu Bachr, were drinking together; the latter two soon saw that Mahomed and the astrologer were strongly intoxicated, and lay stretched out in a deep and profound sleep. Abu Bachr thereupon drew the sword of Mahomed from its scabbard, cut off therewith Bucharan’s head, and put the bloody sword back into its receptacle, and both then lay themselves down quietly near Mahomed to sleep. When Mahomed awoke and saw his friend lying decapitated near him, he cried out in a fury: “This terrible deed has been done by one of us three in our drunkenness!” Abu Bachr thereupon said quite unconcernedly: “Let each one draw his sword, and he whose weapon is stained with blood, must needs be the murderer!” They all drew their swords, and that of Mahomed was completely dyed with fresh blood, which proved thus clearly to his satisfaction that he had murdered his friend. He was greatly grieved at this discovery; cursed and condemned the wine which was the cause of this murder, and swore that he never would drink any more, and that also no one should do so who wishes to enter heaven. This is the cause why wine is prohibited to the Mahomedans.

   At a later period, Mahomed learned the whole transaction, and that his father-in-law was the perpetrator of the bloody deed; wherefore, he lost his favour, and he would not permit him to come before him. Abu Bachr went thereupon and conquered sixty places, which had not yet submitted to Mahomed, and presented them to him, through which means he became again reconciled to him, was received in favour, and remained thereafter at court.

   THE HISTORY OF THE TALMUD
   THE TALMU’S INFLUENCE ON ISLAM

   In 622, the Hebrew religion gave birth to a second daughter, Mohammedanism—founded by Mahomet of Mecca among the tribes of Arabia, who had lived unprogressive for ages in the large peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, keeping by the usages received from their ancestors traditionally. Hundreds of years had passed without making any impression on the development of this people, until Mahommed arose, and in the space of twenty years subdued with the sword and by the tongue the whole great land of Arabia. And like a stream of mighty waters the Arabs burst from their bonds, animated by a spirit of war, and fired by religious zeal, tore away from the Byzantine empire the whole of Syria and Egypt, and conquered also Persia, extended their empire to India and Caucasus, on the one hand, and to Western Africa, on the other, spreading, at last, over Spain and Southern Italy to the heart of Christendom, preaching Islam, and bearing the banner of their prophet wherever they stepped.

   For the second time, after an interval of six hundred years, Judaism witnessed a new faith born, all whose choice portions, all whose good and beauty, were taken from the storehouse of the Talmudic Hagada. When Mahomet arose to say that through Gabriel, the angel, the Lord had destined him to confirm the truth of the Divine revelation previously to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Moses and the rest of the saints who had been on earth, he borrowed only the foundation of his idea from the Hagada of the Talmud. Likewise he borrowed many sayings, traditions, and historic legends from the same source, and these materials served him as the foundation of the principles he prescribed for the guidance of his people. All the Hebrew plants succeeded speedily on the…

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