>> An intriguing question is whether there was in Medieval literature any
>> conception of Jesus as a Jew and if not, then why not?
It is alleged in some of the secondary literature that Ignatius Loyola
used to say that if he had had a choice he would have been born Jewish
inasmuch as the Jews were Christ's people, but I have discovered neither
the original documentation for this anecdote nor any possible antecedents.
--John Howe, Texas Tech
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