It was Mead who found that ‚the identification of Balaam (Bileam) with Jeschu[1] in a number of the Talmud stories we are considering cannot possibly be held in doubt, will be amply seen from the passages which we are now about to bring forward‘.
As Mentioned above, Yeshu Natzri is identified with Ha-Mitzri. Minchat Y'hudah on Vayiqra 24:11, Chapter 61 says that Ha-Notzri is Ha Mitzri .
