>>15381875> Sefer Toledot Yeshu (The Book of the Generations/History/Life of Jesus), often abbreviated as Toledot Yeshu, is an early Jewish text taken to be an alternative biography of Jesus. It exists in a number of different versions, none of which are considered either canonical or normative within rabbinic literatureDan, Joseph (2006). "Toledot Yeshu". In Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik (ed.). Encyclopaedia Judaica. 20 (2nd ed.). Detroit: Gale Virtual Reference Library. pp.28–29. ISBN978-0-02-865928-2. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
> In the Toledot Yeshu the name of Yeshu is taken to mean yimakh shemo.Apocryphal gospels: an introduction :Hans-Josef Klauck p213.
> The Hebrew phrase yimakh shemo ("May his name be erased") is a curse placed after the name of particular enemies of the Jewish people. A variant is yimakh shemo ve zikhro ("Let his name and his memory be erased")> Yimakh shemo is one of the strongest curses in the Hebrew languageBermant, Chaim (1974). The walled garden: the saga of Jewish family life and tradition.
Schimel, Lawrence (2002). Found tribe.
> In all cases of its use, the references are to Yeshu are associated with acts or behaviour that are seen as leading Jews away from Judaism to minuth (a term usually translated as "heresy" or "apostasy"). Historically, the portrayals of a Jesus in the Talmud and Jewish literature were used as an excuse for anti-Jewish sentiments.Schäfer Jesus in the Talmud 2009 p4
