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>Biblical scholar Robert M. Price, who also included the Toledot in his Pre-Nicene New Testament, has likewise suggested that as time moved on, Jesus may have been “dragged along”, the date for his setting being updated as the story evolved
>Both Toledot stories revolve around Yeshu gaining his healing powers by stealing the secret Name of God and using it as a magic word, after which Yeshu tries to convert a queen named Helene, who is said to be his relative. The gospel Jesus is portrayed as a peasant whose fame comes from his ability to provide miraculous healings, but in this story, Yeshu is highborn, a status that provides a far more realistic background for someone whose identity was used to found a religion. In the Toledot story, Queen Helene wavers between supporting him and supporting his enemies. These enemies are the ostensible heroes of the piece, Jewish elders who appear to represent proto-Pharisees
>The earlier Jewish Life of Jesus version of the story is set primarily in Beth-El and the surrounding lands of Israel. In this version, Yeshu learns the secret Name of God from the Stone of Jacob mentioned in Genesis 28:18 by sneaking into a temple guarded by magic copper dogs whose bark makes anyone who memorized the Name of God forget it. Yeshu, however, overcomes this magical protection by writing down the name and then hiding it inside his cut flesh. After he learns how to use the name to heal and resurrect people, he uses his powers to impress a mysterious queen named Helene. The queen in the story eventually sides with the elders and Yeshu is arrested but escapes with the help of his disciples. Yeshu then went to Jerusalem in disguise, dressed in the same identical garb as all of his disciples, so it takes a traitor, named Gaisa or Eisa, to point Jesus out by kneeling before him. Yeshu is arrested and stoned to death as a magician and is then hung on a cabbage stalk or a carob tree
