Abstract
This chapter addresses the opening passage of the Vikuaḥ. The Talmudic passage purports to describe how the ‘five disciples of Jesus’ were executed by the Jewish authorities. The whole passage is clearly a piece of fantasy, in questionable taste, intended as a counterblast to Christian propaganda. It is strange, however, that the authenticity of the passage as the opening of the Vikuaḥ has never been questioned. It is omitted from this book’s translation on the ground that it is highly doubtful whether it formed part of the work originally composed by Naḥmanides. The chapter then explains the reasons for this conclusion. Naḥmanides’ account of the Barcelona Disputation was composed at the request of the Bishop of Gerona, Peter of Castellnou. It is highly unlikely, therefore, that Naḥmanides would have introduced into his account highly offensive and inflammatory matter which was extraneous to the subject-matter of the disputation.
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