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TIL about the Roman soldier named Pantera. In Celsus' book "The True Word", Jesus was depicted as the result of an affair between his mother Mary and this soldier. Both the ancient Talmud and medieval Jewish writings reinforced this notion by referring to Jesus as "Jesus, son of Pantera"

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