Christianity in Talmud and
Midrash
INTRODUCTION
THE passages from the Talmud and other Rabbinical
works which will be considered in the following pages
are excerpts from a literature of enormous extent, in
which the intellectual energy of the Jewish nation
during many centuries found ample and varied
expression. To give a detailed account of this
literature would lead me far from my main subject,
and would, moreover, need a considerable volume for
its full description. All that seems necessary here is
to give in a few words a general account of the
Rabbinical literature, so that the reader may be able
to judge of the kind of evidence furnished by the
passages which will be quoted, from some knowledge
of their origin.
The details of date, authorship and contents of the
several writings may be found in works of reference
accessible to scholars, such as Zunz'
«
Oottesdienst-
liche Vortrage der Juden," Hamburger's
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Real-En-
cyklopadie-
fair Bibel and Talmud," or, for English
readers, the Introduction to Hebrew Literature"
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