Jesus is viewed as having been the most influential and, consequently, the most damaging of all false prophets
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1 week ago - Boteach authored Kosher Jesus in 2012, in which he depicts Jesus as "a Jewish patriot murdered by Rome for his struggle on behalf of his people." Opinions of the merits of the book differ, with Israeli-American Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, President of the International Fellowship of Christians ...
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October 15, 2021 -
As someone of a Christian background, I am not here to judge but rather to get clarification on a question i have always pondered: What do Jews think of Jesus? I have heard that they don't view him as any sort of special person, but what do they think of the miracles he performed and the rising again after three days in the tomb? Do they believe that these miracles and coming back to life never occurred? Do they believe that Jesus' crucifixion was justified? Would love to hear what you all have to say!
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Like all things in Judaism, there are many different opinions. However all Jews agree that Jesus was not the messiah, a prophet, or God incarnate. Because Jesus did not fulfill any of the Jewish messianic prophecies (bring world peace, fill the Earth with knowledge of God, gather the diaspora to Israel, rebuild the Jerusalem Temple, restore Jewish sovereignty in our homeland, etc.) Jews do not see any reason to view Jesus as the messiah. Traditionally, Jesus is often seen as a heretic who led people to idolatry, though for some he is seen as having helped to introduce the notion of ethical monotheism to the wider world. In modern times though, since Christian institutions no longer persecute Jews, Jewish opinions on Jesus have become more favorable, with some Jews viewing him as a wise rabbi, an ethical teacher, or even a failed messiah (not a false messiah, but someone who could have been the messiah but ultimately failed in his mission). Many Jews dismiss Jesus's miracles as simply legendary tales, though some Jews do acknowledge that Jesus performed miracles. However nothing in Biblical literature indicates that miracle-working is a sign of the messiah, and it is believed that many people in those times could perform miracles (including Jesus's contemporary, Honi HaMe'agel). Additionally, the Bible clearly states that even idolaters and false prophets can perform miracles (in Exodus 7 and Deuteronomy 13). There is also no indication in the Hebrew Bible that the Messiah will be resurrected or that he will have to return for a "second coming", so tales of Jesus's resurrection are understood in Judaism (as they are generally understood in Biblical academia) as narratives made up by Jesus's followers to explain how the person they wholeheartedly believed was the messiah had been crucified and failed to bring about any of the messianic prophecies. Lastly, Jews don't believe that any crucifixion is justified. It is a horrific, tortuous form of execution used by the Romans; no Jewish court had the authority to crucify anyone nor the power to pressure the Romans to do so, let alone someone as harsh and oppressive as Pontius Pilate.
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Jesus to us is essentially a non-entity. The character of Jesus presented in the Gospels is not our messiah, and regardless of whether or not these narratives are historically accurate this personage was not our messiah. We likewise have no opinion on his supposed miracles. The performance of miracles does not ipso facto make a person a legitimate prophet, as the Torah warns us that false prophets may perform miracles to test our faith. We have no opinion on his crucifixion. Crucifixion is not a Jewish punishment, but a Roman one, and the question is thus whether or not the Roman system of government felt whether or not this person deserved that punishment or not. As a sidenote, there are some who claim that Jesus is mentioned in the Talmud, but this is not necessarily true. The man's name is a common one, and would-be messiahs from that era were a dime a dozen, so the reference in the Talmud is ambiguous.
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Why do we accept Jesus as messiah but Jews don't? What is evidence in our favor?
Christians: Psalms are prophecies.
Jews: No they are not.
Christians: Jewish law has been fulfilled so we don't have to follow it.
Jews: No such thing. Jewish law only ever applied to Jews, and is eternal.
Christians: Sacrifice is unnecessary because of Jesus.
Jews: No, sacrifice is not possible because there is no physical temple.
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July 11, 2016why was jesus a jew but we are christian?
Jews are the children of Abraham (a Holy man who was alive 1000s of years ago). Christians however, are anyone who believes Jesus is God and follow Jesus's teachings. Jesus told us that most of the old rules (for Jews) no longer apply for ones Salvation. Jesus bless you! More on reddit.com
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August 16, 2023Jewish arguments that Jesus isn’t the Messiah? I want to consider both sides.
Here's a very easy one. Moshiach has to be a descendant of David, and halachically that means from his father's side (tribal affiliation and the like is from the father). If he was from a virgin birth, then he doesn't fulfill the requirements. Also there's no virgin birth prophecy anyway, that takes a horrid mistranslation to get
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My Jewish Learning
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What Do Jews Believe About Jesus? | My Jewish Learning
January 14, 2026 - Crucifixion was a Roman form of execution, not a Jewish one. For most of Christian history, Jews were held responsible for the death of Jesus. This is because the New Testament tends to place the blame specifically on the Temple leadership and more generally on Jewish people.
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Glad You Asked: What do Jews believe about Jesus? - U.S. Catholic
December 18, 2023 - Joshua: It’s fairly widely accepted within the Jewish community that Jesus is not the Messiah on the basis that if a Jewish person were to accept that belief, they would just convert to Christianity, right?
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Do Jews Believe in Jesus? | Aish
January 19, 2026 - Some believe he was Jewish and others disagree due to the limited historical accuracy and knowledge. Additionally, many Jews regard Jesus as a teacher or prophet but not as the Messiah.
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Jewish Views of Jesus
Throughout the ages, the question of who Y’shua (Jesus) is has encountered a full spectrum of reactions ranging from He is a myth, fable and the New Testament is merely an assemblage of narishkeit (Yiddish for foolishness)... all the way to He is the promised Messiah, God incarnate who died for our sins and rose from the dead. Quite a spectrum, indeed. While Christianity has had and continues to have a major impact on Jews and Judaism, Jesus is not seen as a major figure in Jewish history.
Letters to Josep
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What Do Jews REALLY Think About Jesus?! - Letters to Josep
April 9, 2017 - Jewish opinions on this range from the most generous: “He was a kind teacher who was misguided in his teachings, but they brought the world to an awareness of One God, more or less, and for that we can be grateful” to “He was a horrible ...
Council of Center on Jewish-Christian Relations
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Jesus - a Jewish perspective
There is no official Jewish view of Jesus but the vast majority of Jews are united in their rejection of the tremendous claim, which is made for Jesus by Christians, that he is the Lord Christ, God Incarnate, the very Son of God the Father.
Jews for Jesus
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What Do Jews Believe about Jesus? - Jews for Jesus
July 1, 2011 - In his days Galilee was the stronghold of the most enthusiastic Jewish patriotism…In all this Jesus is the most Jewish of Jews…more Jewish even than Hillel.12 · Joseph Klausner Historian and Professor, Hebrew University 1874–1958 · I accept the resurrection of Easter Sunday not as an invention of the community of disciples, but as a historical event. If the resurrection of Jesus from the dead on that Easter Sunday were a public event which had been made known…not only to the 530 Jewish witnesses but to the entire population, all Jews would have become followers of Jesus.
Jew in the City
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How Do Orthodox Jews View Jesus? - Jew in the City
February 26, 2026 - I would be hard-pressed to tell you how many times in the course of my “day job” a non-Jewish reader has written me asking, “What do Jews think of Jesus?” Sometimes they just can’t accept the honest answer: Generally speaking, we don’t think about him at all. Full stop. The reason they can’t accept this is because Jesus is the central figure in their religion.
Sefaria
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What do Jews Believe about Jesus? | Voices on Sefaria
But isn’t it taught in a baraita: On Passover Eve they hung the corpse of Jesus the Nazarene after they killed him by way of stoning. And a crier went out before him for forty days, publicly proclaiming: Jesus the Nazarene is going out to be stoned because he practiced sorcery, incited people to idol worship, and led the Jewish people astray.
Quora
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What is the Jewish view on Jesus? - Quora
Answer (1 of 68): Ask two Jews, get three (or more) opinions. Judaism as a faith has no ‘view’ of Jesus at all. He simply does not appear. Jews, however, as a worldwide minority in every country BUT Israel, live among non-Jews, and in many countries, live among either a) Christians or b) ...
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What is Judaism's View of Jesus?
February 15, 2019 - Jews do not believe that Jesus was divine or the "son of God," or the Messiah prophesied in Jewish scripture. He is seen as a "false messiah," meaning someone who claimed (or whose followers claimed for him) the mantle of the Messiah but who ...
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A Jewish View of Jesus – The Neshamah Center
I feel like I’m very bold as a rabbi because I’ve actually dared to quote from the New Testament once or twice from the pulpit in the last ten plus years. What is it about Jesus that gives Jews the “heebie-jeebie’s?” Is he a topic we shouldn’t discuss? It’s understandable why Jews have problems with Jesus. Centuries of anti-Semitism were carried out in his name. It’s nice that Christians have apologized for that, but the Jewish cultural aversion to Christianity, Jesus, crosses, etc., runs very deep.
Factually
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What Do Jews Commonly Believe About Jesus?
May 11, 2026 - Executive summary Jews, as a rule across denominations, do not accept Jesus as the Messiah or the Son of God and regard belief in his divinity as incompat...
Israel My Glory
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The Jewishness Of Jesus – Israel My Glory
Jesus came to Israel as the Good Shepherd, the one sent to gather the lost sheep of Israel (Ezek. 34; Mt. 9:36; 10:6; 15:24; Jn. 10:1–18). When Jesus considered Jerusalem’s destruction, He did not rejoice, but wept (Lk. 19:41–44). Despite His rejection and the resultant judgment, Jesus is ready even now to come as Israel’s Messiah and restore them according to God’s promises (Zech. 12—14). To portray Jesus as non-Jewish or anti-Judaism paints a false picture of “the King of the Jews.”
Jewish Voice
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The Jewish people and Belief in Jesus
Though belief in Jesus as the Messiah has been a primarily “Christian” practice since the formation of Christianity under the Roman Empire, we contend that belief in Yeshua as the Messiah is a perfectly Jewish thing to do.
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BBC - The Passion - Articles - Jesus from a Jewish perspective
While the Gospels record disputes about Jesus' interpretation of a few of these, the notion of a Christian Jesus, who did not live by Torah or only by its ethical values, does not fit historical reality. There is no official Jewish view of Jesus but in one respect Jews are agreed in their attitude ...
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What do Jews think of Jesus? Do you accept that He existed or not? - Quora
Answer (1 of 76): I think that most Jewish people that I know see Jesus as a nice Jewish boy who, in a sense, was similar to the Reform Jews of today. Jesus challenged the rabbis of his day, saying that they were too concerned about making sure every last detail of traditional Jewish laws, ritua...