» This article is about references to the designation Yeshu in classical Jewish rabbinic literature. See Yeshua for the similar sounding Hebrew name. Yeshu (ישו in Hebrew), and slight variations thereof such as Jeshu (Bible English transliteration) or Yeishu (Yiddish pronunciation), is the name of at least a few persons in various works of classical Jewish rabbinic literature, including the Babylonian Talmud (redacted before 600) and the classical midrash literature (writte… (More on Yeshu)