Jesus in the Talmud

Notes to Chapter 8 1737. Which again is historically correct: they are indeed brought to Rome anddepicted on the arch of Titus.8. The gnat is obviously chosen because it not only is small but also, as theTalmud explains, because it has only an entrance (to take food) but no exit (toexcrete).9. b Git 56b.10. b Git 56b–57a.11. Yeshu ha-notzri in Ms. Vatican Ebr. 130; Yeshu in Mss. Vatican 140 andMunich 95; the Soncino printed edition leaves out either one, and the standardprinted editions have “sinners of Israel.”12. Cf. Zech. 2:12: “whoever touches you (pl. = Israel) touches the apple ofhis [God’s] eye.”13. Some printed editions add “the idolaters.”14. So in Ms. Vatican Ebr. 130 and most of the printed editions; Ms. Vatican140: “R. Shim