The Talmud Unmasked (Latin: Christianus in Talmud Iudaeorum: sive, Rabbinicae doctrinae Christiani secreta. English: The secret rabbinical teachings concerning Christians) is a book published in 1892 by Justinas Bonaventure Pranaitis (1861–1917). The book is a collection of purported quotations from the Talmud and Zohar that are claimed to demonstrate that Judaism despises non-Jews and promotes the murder or injury of non-Jews in some instances. Pranaitis drew on the earlier works of Jakob Ecker and August Rohling. [1]
Scholars classify "The Talmud Unmasked" as an anti-semitic and anti-Talmudic work, comparable to "Der Talmud Jude" by August Rohling (1871) and "The Traditions of the Jews" by Johann Eisenmenger (1700). [1] [2] [3]
The Talmud Unmasked is a collection of purported quotes from the Talmud, the Zohar and other Jewish texts that are claimed to demonstrate that:
A portion of the book's outline is as follows: [4]
Pranaitis could not read Aramaic (the primary language of the Talmud), [5] and probably used works by August Rohling and others as his sources.[ citation needed][ relevant?]
The book includes numerous quotations from the Talmud and the Zohar. [6] His ignorance of some simple Talmudic Aramaic concepts and definitions, such as "hullin", was demonstrated during the Menahem Mendel Beilis blood libel case in which he testified as a "Talmud expert". [7] [8]
Jeffrey Kaplan describes how the book was used by cults to support apocalyptic theories, particular relating to the end-of-times. [6]
Pranaitis drew on the works of the German anti-Talmudists Jakob Ecker and August Rohling. […] Today, [The Talmud Unmasked] is still being distributed by extreme right-wing and clerical circles and can be accessed from a number of antisemitic websites.
The Talmud Unmasked (Latin: Christianus in Talmud Iudaeorum: sive, Rabbinicae doctrinae Christiani secreta. English: The secret rabbinical teachings concerning Christians) is a book published in 1892 by Justinas Bonaventure Pranaitis (1861–1917). The book is a collection of purported quotations from the Talmud and Zohar that are claimed to demonstrate that Judaism despises non-Jews and promotes the murder or injury of non-Jews in some instances. Pranaitis drew on the earlier works of Jakob Ecker and August Rohling. [1]
Scholars classify "The Talmud Unmasked" as an anti-semitic and anti-Talmudic work, comparable to "Der Talmud Jude" by August Rohling (1871) and "The Traditions of the Jews" by Johann Eisenmenger (1700). [1] [2] [3]
The Talmud Unmasked is a collection of purported quotes from the Talmud, the Zohar and other Jewish texts that are claimed to demonstrate that:
A portion of the book's outline is as follows: [4]
Pranaitis could not read Aramaic (the primary language of the Talmud), [5] and probably used works by August Rohling and others as his sources.[ citation needed][ relevant?]
The book includes numerous quotations from the Talmud and the Zohar. [6] His ignorance of some simple Talmudic Aramaic concepts and definitions, such as "hullin", was demonstrated during the Menahem Mendel Beilis blood libel case in which he testified as a "Talmud expert". [7] [8]
Jeffrey Kaplan describes how the book was used by cults to support apocalyptic theories, particular relating to the end-of-times. [6]
Pranaitis drew on the works of the German anti-Talmudists Jakob Ecker and August Rohling. […] Today, [The Talmud Unmasked] is still being distributed by extreme right-wing and clerical circles and can be accessed from a number of antisemitic websites.