Literary text: JRL B 3791

Literary text JRL B 3791

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JRL B 3791
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Aramaic

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Gzar-dina de-Yeshu (Toledot Yeshu, Ar5 in Bohak's edition, "Pilate" recension), containing passages 5.8–6.3. (Information from Gideon Bohak, The Sentencing of Jesus (Gzar-dina de-Yeshu), 15.)

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John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
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JRL B 3791 1 / 1 leaf, verso

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1 / 1 leaf, verso
Gideon Bohak, The Sentencing of Jesus (Gzar-dina de-Yeshu): The 'Authentic' Jewish Protocols of the Trial of Jesus (Open Book Publishers, 2026).

Verso (first section)

  1. [... מקברך כנצר נת]עב
  2. [ופקיד עלוהי וקטמו]הי
  3. לראשיה. ואתיוהי {לתו}
  4. לתודה. א'מ' ליה למה
  5. איתקרי תודה. א'מ' ליה
  6. עלי֯ אמ֯ר֯ דויד מזמור
  7. לתודה. [א'מ'] ל֯יה שוטא
  8. [ע]ל֯[יך אמר דוי]ד זובח
  9. [תודה י]כ֯ב֯דיניני ופקיד
  10. [עלוהי וקטלו?]הי
  11. מ<י>תי֯ב֯ 
Gideon Bohak, The Sentencing of Jesus (Gzar-dina de-Yeshu): The 'Authentic' Jewish Protocols of the Trial of Jesus (Open Book Publishers, 2026).

Verso (first section)

  1. [“‘...out of your tomb like a det]ested [netzer’.”
  2. [And it was decreed upon him, and they cut]
  3. his head [off]. They brought
  4. Todah. He said to him: “Why
  5. are you called Todah?” He said to him:
  6. “About me David said, “A psalm
  7. for todah’.” [He said] to him: “Fool!
  8. D[avid said about yo]u, ‘He who
  9. sacrifices [todah h]onors me’.” And he decreed
  10. [upon him, and they executed (?)] him.
  11. (P[ilatus the governor]) answered

JRL B 3791 1 / 1 leaf, recto

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1 / 1 leaf, recto

Recto (second section)

  1. פ֯[ילטוס הגמונא ליהושע]
  2. ו[אמר חמשה תלמידוי]
  3. דישו איתקטילו י֯ש֯ו֯
  4. רשיעא ויוחנן {דאט}
  5. דאטעיאו עמא מאי
  6. קטלא חיבין. מתיבין
  7. ואמרין ליה אם [יצ]בי
  8. מרנא נשלח ל[טב]רינוס
  9. קיסר. ושלחו ואודעוהי. 
  10. וכד שמע טברי[נוס]
  11. קיסר א'מ' להון א֯[יתינון]
  12. ל֯ק֯דמ[וי] ו[ ... ... ] 

Recto (second section)

  1. P[ilatus the governor] (answered)
  2. [Yehoshuʿa] and [said: “The five disciples]
  3. of Yeshu were executed, and Yeshu
  4. the wicked and Yoḥanan,
  5. who misled the people—what
  6. execution do they deserve?”  They answered
  7. and said to him: “If
  8. our master [wi]shes, we shall send to [Tibe]rinus
  9. Caesar.” And they sent and informed him.
  10. And when Tiberi[nus] Caesar heard,
  11. he said to them: “B[ring them]
  12. to m[e!]” And [ ... ... ]
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John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, JRL B 3791. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/41708/ (accessed August 16, 2026).