original_query: What is the view of rabbis in the Talmud and Middle Ages regarding the treatment of a mamzer as an ordinary Jew?
query: What is the view of rabbis in the Talmud and Middle Ages regarding the treatment of a mamzer as an ordinary Jew?
answer: Rabbis in the Talmud and Middle Ages believed that, aside from marriage restrictions, a mamzer should be treated as an ordinary Jew in matters of inheritance and could even serve as a judge or king.