Jesus in the Talmud

Notes to Chapter 9 17930. Justin, Apol. I:30 (Saint Justin: Apologies, ed. André Wartelle, Paris:Études Augustiniennes, 1987, pp. 136f.); English translation: Early Christian Fathers,transl. and ed. Cyril C. Richardson, Philadelphia: Westminster, 1953,p. 260.31. Pace Maier (Jesus von Nazareth, p. 250), who tries to distinguish between“deception” and “temptation into idolatry”—again in order to separate the paganfrom the rabbinic sources.32. See, e.g., Deut. 18:9–14.33. Prominent examples are stories of the ten plagues (Ex. 7–12), the “brazenserpent” (Num. 21:6–9), or the so-called ordeal of jealousy (Num. 5:11–31).34. The rabbis practically distinguished between mere delusion (>ahizatAhizat