Jesus in the Talmud

Notes to Appendix 189history of the text is crucial” (Jesus von Nazareth, p. 110). This is a breathtakingsomersault: he does have even an extra-talmudic proof for a talmudic Jesus storybut conjures up the chimera of the “earlier history of the text” (which he doesnot have but claims to be void of any reliable Jesus evidence). Not to mentionthe fact that the available Bavli manuscripts all mention “Jesus the Nazarene” (orhave the name erased), including the pre-1263 Firenze manuscript.