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January 12, 2024

A Rare, and Hidden, Talmudic Response to Christian Teachings

Not all Pharisees are hypocrites.

In many passages, the New Testament excoriates the Pharisees (a Second Temple-era Jewish sect) as “hypocrites,” a charge that numerous later Christian authors leveled against Jews, and that early Protestants like Martin Luther leveled against the Catholic Church. Shlomo Zuckier suggests that a talmudic anecdote in Tractate Sotah is intended as rebuttal against the accusation:

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January 12, 2024

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