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Between 1238 and 1239, the notorious Jewish convert Nicholas Donin persuaded Pope Gregory IX to condemn the Talmud, prompting European kings to intervene. Only King Louis IX of France agreed to a public disputation in 1240, subjecting the Talmud to scrutiny. Prominent Jewish and Christian figures debated Jesus in the Talmud. The Talmud was condemned between 1241 and 1242, but the Church of Paris, responding to Jewish pleas, allowed an appeal. Scholars were commissioned to translate portions of the Talmud, resulting in two anthologies titled Extractiones de Talmud—the first translation of this work. Still, this did not save the Talmud from burning.

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Federico Dal Bo (b. 1973), Ph.D. (University of Bologna, 2005), Ph.D. (Free University of Berlin, 2009), is Senior Lecturer in Jewish Studies at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. He has published monographs and many articles on Judaism and Philosophy, including Deconstructing the Talmud: The Absolute Book (Routledge, 2019), Judaism, Philosophy, and Psychoanalysis in Heidegger's Ontology: Harrowing the Heath (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023), and Print, Power, and Cultural Hegemony: A Material History of Early Hebrew Prints (De Gruyter, 2024).

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