Commentary for Avodah Zarah 32:17
כשבא לביתו נכנסו תלמידיו אצלו לנחמו ולא קיבל עליו תנחומין אמר לו ר"ע רבי תרשיני לומר דבר אחד ממה שלימדתני אמר לו אמור אמר לו רבי שמא מינות בא לידך
When he came home, his disciples called on him to console him, but he would accept no consolation. Akiba said to him, “Master, will you allow me to say one thing of that which you have taught me?” He replied, “Say it.” He said back, “Master, perhaps you came across some teaching of the minim and you enjoyed it,
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
Akiva, R. Eliezer’s star pupil, discerns (somehow) that R. Eliezer may have enjoyed something he heard from a heretic. As we shall see, these “heretics” are early Christians.
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