Literary text: Moss. I,81A + Moss. I,81C + Moss. I,81D + T-S AS 121.237 + T-S NS 329.820 + T-S AS 74.141 + T-S AS 120.189 + T-S AS 120.190 + Moss. I,81B

Literary text Moss. I,81A + Moss. I,81C + Moss. I,81D + T-S AS 121.237 + T-S NS 329.820 + T-S AS 74.141 + T-S AS 120.189 + T-S AS 120.190 + Moss. I,81B

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Moss. I,81A + Moss. I,81C + Moss. I,81D + T-S AS 121.237 + T-S NS 329.820 + T-S AS 74.141 + T-S AS 120.189 + T-S AS 120.190 + Moss. I,81B
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Gzar-dina de-Yeshu (Toledot Yeshu, Heb4 in Bohak's edition, Hebrew translation, "Pilate" recension); two partially preserved folios: (1) Mosseri I 81b + 81c, containing passages 4.2–5.7 (omitting 4.4–5.3); (2) Mosseri I 81a, containing passages 6.14–7.7; Mosseri I 81d preserves only a few letters and cannot be placed; all four from the same manuscript as T-S AS 121.237, T-S NS 329.820 + T-S AS 74.141, and T-S AS 120.189 + T-S AS 120.190. (Information from Gideon Bohak, The Sentencing of Jesus (Gzar-dina de-Yeshu), 29–31.)

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Gideon Bohak, The Sentencing of Jesus (Gzar-dina de-Yeshu): The 'Authentic' Jewish Protocols of the Trial of Jesus (Open Book Publishers, 2026).

Verso (seventh section of join)

  1. קיסר אלה האנשים יהודים הם
  2. ומעם שלכם הַם וה֯נ֯ה עוסק֯ים֯
  3. בדברי המכשפים֯. [די]נ֯ו להם
  4. משפט התורה ו֯אם לא אכרית
  5. לכם מן העולם. וכאשר שמע
  6. כן ר' יהושע ומרינוס זקן היהודים
  7. וכל מי שהיה עמם לקחום
  8. ומסרו אותם בכבלים והביאום
  9. לטיבריה והתקינו עץ ליוחנן
  10. הצבע ותלו אותו בה' שעות
  11. ליום ואחר כך קברוהו. ואחריו
  12. הביאו ליישו ה ר[שע] ובקשו
  13. לתלותו וכאשר [ראה? הצ]ל֯ו֯ב
  14. עומד לתלותו ע[שה? מעשה?]
  15. כושפו[ת ופרח?]
Gideon Bohak, The Sentencing of Jesus (Gzar-dina de-Yeshu): The 'Authentic' Jewish Protocols of the Trial of Jesus (Open Book Publishers, 2026).

Verso (seventh section of join)

  1. Caesar: “These people are Jews, and are
  2. from your people, and behold, they deal
  3. with the things of magicians. [Jud]ge them
  4. (according to) the law of the Torah, and if not—I will uproot
  5. you from the world.” When
  6. R. Yehoshuʿa, and Marinus the elder of the Jews,
  7. and all those who were with them heard this, they took them (i.e., Yeshu and Yoḥanan),
  8. and shackled them in chains, and brought them
  9. to Tiberias. And they set up a tree for Yoḥanan
  10. the Dyer, and they hung him at five hours
  11. of the day, and after this they buried him. And after him
  12. And after him they brought Yeshu the wi[cked], and wanted
  13. to hang him. And when he [saw the cr]oss
  14. standing to hang him, he d[id an act of]
  15. magi[c, and flew]

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Recto (eighth section of join)

  1. באויר השמים כעוף. אמר ר'
  2. {יהושע} יהודה גננה לר' יהושע
  3. אדוני נל[ך] אחריו אמר לו לך.
  4. בשעה ההיא נ֯טהר ר' יהודה
  5. ואמר שם המפורש ועף אחריו.
  6. וכאשר ראה יישו לר' יהודה
  7. אחריו הלך ונטמן במערת
  8. אליהו ואמר דברי לחש ונסגרה
  9. פי המערה. ואמר כן פתח פתח
  10. פתחי שאני שלוחו של ה'ק'ב'ה'
  11. כאשר שמע פתח המערה
  12. כן נפת[ח]. [ו]יישו הרשע עשה
  13. [עצמו? כציפ]ו֯ר תרנגלות והלך
  14. [וישב? בה]ר הכרמל ובא ר'
  15. [יהודה] גננה ואחזו ביד

Recto (eighth section of join)

  1. in the air of the heaven like a bird.
  2. R. Yehudah the gardener said to R. Yehoshuʿa:
  3. “My master, shall we go after him?” He said to him: “Go.”
  4. At that moment R. Yehudah purified
  5. himself, and said the Ineffable Name, and flew up after him.
  6. When Yeshu saw R. Yehudah
  7. behind him, he went and hid himself in the cave of
  8. Elijah, and he said words of a spell, and
  9. the mouth of the cave was shut. (some words omitted) And he said thus: “Opening, opening,
  10. open up! For I am the messenger of the Holy One, blessed be He.”
  11. When the opening of the cave heard this,
  12. it opened up. Yeshu the wicked made
  13. [himself? like] a rooster, and went 
  14. [and sat?] on Mount Carmel. And
  15. R. [Yehudah] the gardener came and held him by his hand,

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Cambridge University Library, Mosseri, Moss. I,81A + Cambridge University Library, Mosseri, Moss. I,81C + Cambridge University Library, Mosseri, Moss. I,81D + Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 121.237 + Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 329.820 + Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 74.141 + Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 120.189 + Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 120.190 + Cambridge University Library, Mosseri, Moss. I,81B. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/29380/ (accessed August 16, 2026).