Judaism

Rabbi Eliezer Ben Hyrannus of Lydda, 95 A.D.

Refers to:

“Jesus’ magic arts.”

Other Jewish Commentators

About 95 A.D. you encounter the ritual denunciation:

“Jesus practiced magic and led Israel astray.”

The Jewish Talmud

- refers to Jesus’ virgin birth several times

- to his death on the Passover

Rabbi Simeon Ben Joshai

“If there are only two righteous men in the world, I and my son are these two; if there be but only one, I am he!”