"The Jewish legends in regard to Jesus are found in three sources, each independent of the others—(1) in New Testament apocrypha and Christian polemical works, (2) in the Talmud and the Midrash, and (3) in the life of Jesus ("Toledot Yeshu") that originated in the Middle Ages. It is the tendency of all these sources to belittle the person of Jesus by ascribing to him illegitimate birth, magic, and a shameful death."
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Joseph Jacobs, Kaufmann Kohler, Richard Gottheil and Samuel Krauss: "Jesus of Nazareth". Jewish Encyclopedia.
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