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About this place

The heartland of the Jewish community in Mesopotamia under Parthian and Sasanian rule, where the great rabbinic academies of Sura and Pumbedita produced the Babylonian Talmud, edited mainly in the sixth century. The coordinates mark Pumbedita, near modern Fallujah. The Talmud’s brief references to Yeshu, as in Sanhedrin 43a, were transmitted here.

Where to start

The Munich Talmud, copied by Solomon ben Samson, Bavarian State Library, Munich (Cod. hebr. 95)
Witnesses Outside the ChurchBabylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 43a: the baraita on YeshuRedacted c. AD 500–600; the baraita is presented as earlier tradition · Babylonian Talmud (rabbinic tradition)

Written or found here

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  1. AD 550Redacted c. AD 500–600; the baraita is presented as earlier tradition

    Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 43a: the baraita on Yeshu

    Babylonian Talmud (rabbinic tradition)

    A Talmudic tradition that Yeshu (rendered ‘Jesus the Nazarene’) was hanged on Passover eve for sorcery and leading Israel astray after a herald sought defenders for forty days. Whether it preserves an independent memory of Jesus is an open question for your discernment.

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Every mention

4 writings
  1. 700 BCIsaiah: the chapters read as prophecyThe Prophets1×
  2. AD 550Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 43a: the baraita on YeshuWitnesses Outside the Church2×
  3. 2026The documentary record of Jesus and the movements that interpreted himThe Dossier1×
  4. 2026Sources and further readingThe Dossier1×