Central to Christian theology is the concept of the "evangelion," literally the good news, used to refer to the gospels on the life and teachings of Jesus. Throughout history, Jews under Christian persecution or otherwise frustrated with Christianity have proffered alternative interpretations and etymologies of the term "evangelion" that are less favorable, in what might be described as an act of resistance.
Possibly the most famous of these accounts appears in the Babylonian Talmud, in a passage censored from the print editions to Shabbat 116a.
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