Torah= the books of the old testament,
Hebrew book of faith.
Talmud= a collection of commentaries on the
Talmud written by Hebrew scholars
Nicholas Donin
travelled to Rome in
the 1230s and told
the pope that he
used to be a Jew and
the Talmud was full
of attacks on
Christianity.
In 1239 the Pope wrote to the kings of
Europe asking them to put the Talmud
on trial and investigate it for attacks.
Louis IX was the
only king to
respond and in
1240 he organised a
trial of the Talmud
in Paris that his
mother, Blanche of
Castile presided
over.
After the trial Louis and several others decided to burn the Talmud.
Archbishop of Sens, disagreed and said the Talmud should not be
burnt. He died not long after and this was seen as a punishment for
protecting the Talmud.
Talmud publically burnt in 1240.
In 1247, a different Pope wrote to Louis to
remind him that the Jews must be saved,
so to give them their books back. Louis
refused.