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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

Damn, that's crazy. I've never heard of this. Got any other cool, obscure "scripture?"

Edit: after looking it up, I think the part right after is just as interesting:

The Gemara comments: Come and see the difference between the sinners of Israel and the prophets of the nations of the world. As Balaam, who was a prophet, wished Israel harm, whereas Jesus the Nazarene, who was a Jewish sinner, sought their well-being.

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[+] GreyAlien@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

I said "just as interesting," to be a bit pedantic. But it's interesting because I grew up a crazy form of fundamentalist Christian, which involved a lot of fuzzy support for Judaism, by definition, as well as political support based on Israel, because...uh...God or something.

But this portion, referring to Jesus as a sinner, would cause conniptions in any evangelical church. But the idea of Jesus as a sinner is far more interesting than a perfect Jesus. Like Batman vs. Superman.

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[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

A few things here-

The Talmud isn't the same as Christian Scripture and this isn't something all Jews will see and say "Yeah that's what I believe and it's super cool."
Jesus's "crime" here is being a Jewish heretic and leading other Jews astray. It's not because he's a different religion. During the time of Jesus, most non-Jews were polytheistic Pagans, and they didn't really have a problem with other people practicing their religion. The issue the author takes with Jesus is precisely because he was a Jew and not a gentile.