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Nicholas Donin was a Jew who lived in France in the 13th century. He became very anti-Jewish and caused the Disputation of Paris, which led to Talmud burnings. Before that, he was a student of Rabbi Yechiel of Paris.
Donin wrote a text in which he summarized the teachings of the Talmud.
Wikipedia about the Talmud:
The Talmud (lit. 'teaching') is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (halakha Jewish theology .[2] [3] [4] [5] Until the advent of modernity , in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the centerpiece of Jewish cultural life and was foundational to "all Jewish thought and aspirations", serving also as "the guide for the daily life" of Jews. Donin's summary of the Talmud is known as "Nicholas Donin's Charges Against the Talmud." I will now insert it below.
Nicholas Donin's Charges Against the Talmud 1 - On the Authority of the Talmud and the Rabbis 1) They claim that the Law which they call Talmud was given by God. 2) They say that the talmudic Law was transmitted by God orally. 3) They claim that the Oral Law was implanted in their minds (and not written). 4) They say that the Talmud was preserved without being written down until the day arrived when those whom they call scholars and scribes, in order that the talmudic Law should not be forgotten among the people, put it in writing, the product exceeding in length that of the Bible. 5) The Talmud contains among other absurdities the opinion that the above mentioned scholars and scribes are superior to the prophets. 6) These scholars are entitled to abrogate the words of the Law. 7) It is a duty to follow the scholars even when they say that the right is left and that the left is right. 8) One who does not observe what they [the sages] teach deserves the death penalty. 9) They prohibit children from studying the Bible because they prefer that they study the Talmud from which they voluntarily derive laws. 2 - On Hostility Towards Christians 10) Among the Talmudic Laws there is the following command which they consider also a law: Kill the best of the Christians. 11) A Christian who observes the Sabbath or studies the Law deserves the death-penalty. 12) It is permissible to deceive a Christian in every way by a ruse or ingenuity without committing a sin. 13) If one does not want to keep one's oath, one can come at the beginning of the year and annul in advance all his oaths and vows which he will make during the coming year. 14) Three laymen are sufficient to absolve a Jew from his oaths and vows wherever he is. 15) It is written in their Talmud that Jews can not suffer in hell longer than 12 months and that the punishment in gehenna can not exceed 12 months, but that Chrsitians stay in hell for ever. 16) Only one who studies the Talmud is sure to inherit the future world. 17) The Talmud ascribes bestiality and immorality to the Christians. 18) The Talmud states that the filth which the serpent injected into Eve during his intercourse with her clung to the Gentiles but was removed from Israel at Mt. Sinai. 3 - On Blasphemies Against God 19) They claim that even God sinned. 20) God repents the oath which He made in His anger. 21) God curses Himself because He swore and He asked to be relieved from His oath. 22) God curses Himself every night for having destroyed the Temple and enslaved Israel. 23) They also say that God lied to Abraham. 24) God commanded Samuel to lie. 25) God left for Himself after the destruction of the Temple a place four cubits in length where He studies the Talmud. 26) God studies the Talmud every day and teaches it to those children who had died when very young. 27) God addresses to Himself the prayer for compassion with the Jews. 28) God confesses that He was defeated in an argument with the Rabbis over an halakic problem. 29) God weeps three times every day. 4 - On Blasphemies Against Jesus, Mary and Christianity 30) They are not ashamed to claim that Jesus' mother (i.e. Mary) conceived him in adultery from a certain man whom they generally call Panthera. 31) And that the same Jesus is boiled in hot excrement in hell because he mocked at the teachings of the rabbis. 32) They teach that everyone who uses indecent and obscene language, with the exception of expressions in relation to the Church, commits a sin. 33) They use obscene expressions for the designation of the Pope and Christianity. 34) The Jews curse the clergy of the Church, the kings, and all other people, and even Jews whom they consider hostile, three times every day in a prayer which they consider the most important. 35) They consider all who fast sinners. 5 - On Stupidity of Talmudic Laws and Stories 36) They say that Adam had intercourse with all the animals, and that the serpent had intercourse with Eve. 37) And that Cham abused his father Noah. 38) Many Talmudical laws are irrational and absurd. 39) The Talmud contains many foolish stories. 40) The Talmud relates that the Amora Joshua ben Levi outwitted Satan and ascended heaven alive. 41) The messianic expectations in the Talmud are carnal. 42) Metatron puts phylacteries on the head of God every day. 43) Three angels came to visit Abraham and were treated by him with three calf-tongues in mustard.