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Part VIII. The Talmud and 'a certain Galilean'
QUESTION: Who is 'a certain Galilean'?
SOURCE #1: “The Judaeans … were exact in their language … but the Galileans … were not exact in their language … A certain Galilean once went about enquiring, ‘Who has amar?’ ‘Foolish Galilean’, they said to him, ‘do you mean an ‘ass’ for riding (hamar), ‘wine’ to drink (hamar), ‘wool’ for clothing (amar), or a ‘lamb’ for killing (amar)?’”
- Erubin 53a - 53b
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SOURCE #2: Alternatively, what is andifa? The lock on the forehead. Even as a certain Galilean chanced to visit Babylon and was requested to lecture on the chariot passage. He said to them, 'I will lecture to you as R. Nehemiah lectured to his companions.' Thereupon a wasp came out of the wall and stung him on the andifa (forehead) and he died. Said they. 'This befell him through his own fault.'
- Shabbath 80b
SOURCE #3: What is mashkokith? - Here they explained it: 'The bell'. R. Jacob, however, said: 'The goat that leads the herd.' So too a certain Galilean in one of his discourses before R. Hisda [said] that when the shepherd becomes angry with his flock he appoints for a leader one which is blind.
- Baba Kamma 52a
SOURCE #4: A certain Galilean lectured before R. Hisda: 'Blessed be the Merciful One who gave a three-fold Torah to a three-fold people through a third-born on the third day in the third month.' With whom does this agree? With the Rabbis.
- Shabbath 88a
SOURCE #5: As a certain Galilean lectured before R. Hisda: 'The Holy One, blessed be He, said: I put a rebi'ith of blood in you; therefore I commanded you concerning blood.'
- Shabbath 31b
SOURCE #6: A certain Galilean expounded before R. Hisda: 'If one should make an analogy in respect of Elijah, what does this matter resemble? A man who locked his gate and lost the key.' R. Jose taught in Sepphoris: Father Elijah.
- Sanhedrin 113a
ANSWER: Rabbi Joshua ben Joseph the Messiah, the Nazarene (Jesus Christ)
Summary Chart-
| Context | The Babylonian Talmud |
| Rude Judean mockery of Galilean language | The Judaeans … were exact in their language … but the Galileans … were not exact in their language … A certain Galilean once went about inquiring, ‘Who has amar?’ ‘Foolish Galilean’, they said to him, ‘do you mean an ‘ass’ for riding (hamar), ‘wine’ to drink (hamar), ‘wool’ for clothing (amar), or a ‘lamb’ for killing (amar)? ('Erubin 53) |
| A scheduled lecture at the Babylonian Academy ends in death | What is 'andifa'? The lock on the forehead. Even as a certain Galilean chanced to visit Babylon and was requested to lecture on the chariot passage. He said, 'I will lecture to you as R. Nehemiah lectured to his companions.' Thereupon a wasp came out of the wall and stung him on the forehead and he died. Said they. 'This occurred through his own fault.' (Sabbath 80b) |
| Commentary on the actions of angry shepherds | What is mashkokith? - Here they explained it: 'The bell'. R. Jacob, however, said: 'The goat that leads the herd.' So too a certain Galilean in one of his discourses before R. Hisda said that when the shepherd becomes angry with his flock he appoints for a leader one which is blind. (Baba Kamma 52a) |
| A Trinitarian Talmudic Theology | A certain Galilean lectured before R. Hisda: 'Blessed be the Merciful One who gave a three-fold Torah to a three-fold people through a third-born on the third day in the third month.' With whom does this agree? With the Rabbis. (Sabbath 88a) |
| Commentary lecture heard by R, Hisda | As a certain Galilean lectured before R. Hisda: "The Holy One, blessed be He, said: 'I put a rebi'ith of blood in you; therefore I commanded you concerning blood.'" (Sabbath 31b) |
| Commentary on Elijah before R. Hisda | A certain Galilean expounded before R. Hisda: 'If one should make an analogy in respect of Elijah, what does this matter resemble? A man who locked his gate and lost the key.' R. Jose taught in Sepphoris: 'Father Elijah' (Sanhedrin 113a) |
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