Jesus in the Talmud

84 Chapter 8seven years. 8 When the poor emperor finally dies and they open his skullthey find that the gnat had grown into something like a sparrow or even ayoung dove with a beak of brass and talons of iron. Before he dies, Titusdecrees: “Burn me and scatter my ashes over the seven seas so that theGod of the Jews will not find me and bring me to trial.” 9 After this, theBavli narrator proceeds with the story of a certain Onqelos the son ofQaloniqos who considers converting to Judaism, presumably followingthe example of Emperor Nero: 10Onqelos the son of Qaloniqos, the son of the sister of Titus, wantedto convert to Judaism. He went and brought up Titus out of his graveby necromancy and asked him: Who is important in that world [inthe world of the dead]?He [Titus] answered: Israel!He [Onqelos] answered: What then about joining them?[Titus:] Their (religious) requirements are many, and you will notbe able to carry them (all) out. Go and attack them in that world [onearth] and you will be on top, as it is written: Her adversaries havebecome the head (Lam. 1:5), [meaning] whoever harasses Israel becomeshead.[Onqelos:] What is your punishment [in the Netherworld]?[Titus:] What I decreed upon myself: Every day my ashes are collectedand they pass sentence on me, and I am burned and my ashesare scattered [again] over the seven seas.He [Onqelos] went and brought up Balaam out of his grave bynecromancy and asked him: Who is important in that world?He [Balaam] answered: Israel![Onqelos:] What then about joining them?[Balaam:] You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity allyour days for ever (Deut. 23:7).[Onqelos:] What is your punishment?[Balaam:] With boiling semen.He [Onqelos] went and brought up Jesus the Nazarene (Yeshu hanotzri)/thesinners of Israel (posh< e Yisrael) 11 out of his/their grave(s)