A thirteenth-century Dominican opened the Jewish Talmud itself to argue for Jesus Christ. Raymond Martini’s Pugio Fidei mined rabbinic tradition for the Trinity, Daniel’s Messianic timeline, and the end of any Old-Covenant title to the Land. Barcelona’s method, expanded into an arsenal.
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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Cold Open
0:05 – INTRODUCTION
3:02 – PART 1: Pearls From a Dungheap — Martini’s Method
5:24 – PART 2: The Seventy Weeks of Daniel
8:49 – PART 3: A Trinity Hidden in Hebrew Grammar
10:36 – PART 4: The Forty-Two-Letter Name
13:50 – PART 5: No Third Possession of the Land
15:54 – PART 6: The Dagger’s Legacy
17:38 – CONCLUSION
📖 SOURCES FOR THIS VIDEO
Primary Text
Raymundus Martini, Pugio Fidei adversus Mauros et Judaeos, ed. Josephus de Voisin (Paris, 1651); repr. with Carpzov’s introduction (Leipzig, 1687; Gregg Press, 1967)
Scripture (Douay-Rheims)
Daniel 9:24–27 (the Seventy Weeks)
Genesis 1:1 (the plural “Elohim”)
Genesis 49:10 (the sceptre of Juda)
Deuteronomy 6:4 (the Shema)
Psalm 66:7-8 Vulgate & Douay-Rheims / Psalm 67:7–8 Modern — the triple invocation of God
Rabbinic Sources Cited by Martini
Jerusalem Talmud, Tractate Ta’anit (on the cessation of Temple sacrifice)
Targum on Genesis 49:10, and Genesis Rabbah’s discussion of the same verse (on the meaning of “sceptre”)
Babylonian Talmud, Avodah Zarah 8b (loss of capital jurisdiction) and Sanhedrin 14a (Rome’s suppression of rabbinic ordination)
Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Kiddushin 71a (the forty-two-letter Name)
Babylonian Talmud, Yevamot 82b, attributed to Seder Olam (on Israel’s two possessions of the Land)
Modern Scholarship
Richard S. Harvey, Raymundus Martini and the Pugio Fidei: A Survey of the Life and Works of a Medieval Controversialist, M.A. dissertation, University College London, 1991 — https://christtheking.info/wp-content…
Ryan Szpiech, “Ramon Martí’s New Testament Citations in Hebrew,” in Hasselhoff & Fidora (eds.), Ramon Martí’s Pugio Fidei: Studies and Texts, 2017 — https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ryanszpie…
Robert Chazan, “Genesis 49:10 in Thirteenth-Century Christian Missionizing,” in Elisheva Carlebach & Jacob J. Schacter (eds.), New Perspectives on Jewish-Christian Relations: In Honor of David Berger (Brill, 2012), 93–108 — source for Part 2’s Genesis 49:10 argument, read in full this round
Thomas E. Burman, on the disputed evidence for Martini’s Tunis schooling — https://hispaniasacra.revistas.csic.e…
Cecil Roth, “The Disputation of Barcelona (1263),” Harvard Theological Review — https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa…
👉 Selections of Raymond Martini’s Pugio Fidei (or Dagger of Faith) on the Jews: https://christtheking.info/catholic-r…
📚 Full Adversus Judaeos Library: https://christtheking.info/catholic-r…
⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This video presents historical theological sources for educational purposes. The teaching documented is theological/doctrinal opposition, not racial hatred. Individual Jews can convert and be saved. Violence against Jews is condemned.
