Christianity - A Journey from Facts to Fiction — Page 98
98 Christianity – A Journey from Facts to Fiction And they exclaimed: ‘Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who revealed his secret to Rabbi Akibah the son of Joseph!’" That the Jews understand this story to refer to Jesus and his mother, Mary, is clearly demonstrated in their book Toldath Jeschu —‘The Generation of Jesus’—where the birth of our Saviour is narrated in almost the same words *. ’" All that is decent in man revolts against the stinking filth which was heaped upon the holy name and image of Jesus as in the literature of his hostile antagonists. Of course, Jesus as was con- ceived by a chaste holy lady named Mary as , and nothing else played a role in that conception but the limitless creative powers of our Lord God. The idea of conception by intercourse with the devil during the state of menstruation is far more aptly applicable to the mind that conceived this enormity. Alas, neither the holy spouses of holy people nor even their mothers are spared by the tongues and pens of perverts who spit venom and ugliness alike. It does not make any difference whether such a maniac lived two thousand years ago, or was born in the contemporary world. How amazing it is that even the most civilized societies of today can shut their eyes to this beastliness, and would rather approve of such flagrant offences in the name of liberty of tongue and pen. * The Talmud Unmasked' by Rev I. B. Pranaitis, Chap. I, p. 30.