Supervisor's Note: there is no one thing that ALL Jews believe. Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and all other denominations teach that it is okay for Jews have an infinite number of opinions. The first answer was written by a Christian though, and contains some terminology mistakes that have been edited.
The following are all valid opinions.
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No. Many Jews believe in the Old Testament Hebrew Bible or ("Tanakh") and that eventually all of the prophecies in it will be fulfilled, but they do not believe that all the prophesies have already been fulfilled.
The most obvious one is that Christians believe that Jesus came to fulfill the prophecies of the Old Testament Hebrew Bible. Some Jews are still waiting on the Saviour Messiah.
Clarification Regarding the previous answer, that which is "Saviour" to the Christian, is "Messiah" to the Jewish. Meaning of which is entirely different.
In Judaism, the Messiah (מָשִ××™×—Ö·) initially meant any person who was anointed to a certain position among the ancient Israelites, at first that of High priest, later that of King and also that of a prophet. In English today, in religious contexts, it is used in two major contexts: the anticipated savior of the Jews, which has to come in the future to bring ultimate peace on earth; and secondly, the one who is anticipated as, regarded as, or professes to be a saviour or liberator. Jews, however, do not generally use the word "saviour" in reference to the messiah, primarily because of the Christian connotation of the word "saviour," and the sense in which that word is used by Christianity.
In Judaism, only God is the Saviour (not the Messiah).
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Jewish Argument Against Jesus As Messiah (author unknown) quoted from John E. Remsberg The Christ, page 362
We do not find in the present comparatively imperfect stage of human progress the realization of that blessed condition of mankind which the prophet Isaiah associates with the era when Messiah is to appear. And as our Hebrew Scriptures speak of one Messianic advent only, and not of two advents; and as the inspired Book does not preach Messiah's kingdom as a matter of faith, but distinctly identifies it with matters of fact which are to be made evident to the senses, we cling to the plain inference to be drawn from the text of the Bible, and we deny that Messiah has yet appeared, and upon the following grounds: First, because of the three distinctive facts which the inspired seer of Judah inseparably connects with the advent of the Messiah, vis., (1) the cessation of war and the uninterrupted reign of peace, (2) the prevalence of a perfect concord of opinion on all matters bearing upon the worship of the one and only God, and (3) the ingathering of the remnant of Judah and of the dispersed ten tribes of Israel -- not one has, up to the present time, been accomplished. Second, we dissent from the proposition that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah announced by the prophets, because the church which he founded, and which his successors developed, has offered, during a succession of centuries, most singular contrast to what is described by the Hebrew scriptures as the immediate consequence of Messiah's advent, and of his glorious kingdom. The prophet Isaiah declares that when the Messiah appears, peace, love, and union will be permanently established; and every candid man must admit that the world has not realized the accomplishment of this prophecy. Again, in the days of Messiah, all men, as Scripture saith, "are to serve God with one accord"; and yet it is very certain that since the appearance of him whom Christians believe to be Messiah, mankind has been split into more hostile divisions on the ground of religious belief, and more antagonistic sects have sprung up, than in any historic age before Christianity was preached.
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Reform, Reconstructionist, and the majority of Conservative Jews do not necessarily believe literally in prophecy or that the Messiah will be an actual person. Reform and Reconstructionist prayerbooks have removed messianic references. Conservative prayerbooks maintain these references, but allow for meaningful discussion on the topic.
All of them? Not yet. Many prophecies have been fulfilled. A few examples: Other prophecies are being fulfilled even now. A couple of examples are the mass return of Jews to Israel (Deuteronomy 30:3-5), and the fact that Israel is considered a significant force in the Middle East, with a number of victories (see Micah 5:7). See also the other Related Links.
Link: About Abraham
Link: About King David
Link: The Destruction
Link: Eternity of the Jews
While Jews believe that some of the Old Testament prophecies have been fulfilled (please see Expert Dan Galilee's list), these have been fulfilled through the passage of time and history. Judaism rejects the Christian claim that Jesus was the complete fulfillment of the law and prophecies of the Old Testament and further rejects that he was the fulfillment of any law or prophecy from the Old Testament.
Jesus went to the Mount of Olives to demonstrate that he was God and the King of the Jews. He had to establish this as a fulfillment of Old Testament Prophecy and to prepare for his crucifixion. Read Matthew 21 to the End of Mattchew. If you have a reference Bible read the references to see the Old Testament prophesies that were fulfilled from Matthew 21 to the End. A lot of them were fulfilled.
Jews believe in the Old Testament exclusively. Christians believe in the Old Testament along with the New Testament.
No. The question becomes, "do Jews believe the New Testament?" Just as you would read the religious books of another faith, it becomes a matter of if you believe it. Jews don't believe that the New Testament is scripture.
Jews believe the Old Testament, but they don't believe most of the New. So yes they did.
No, they believe in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, but they call the the Torah.
Jews do not believe that Jesus is God but a prophet. Christians are basically Jews who followed Jesus. Christians focus more on the New Testament (They do have the Old Testament) while Jews only have the Old Testament.
YES. Compared with any other religion, Jews have the strongest focus on the Old Testament.
On the contrary, it was the Jews who gave the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible; "Old Testament") to the world. Of course we believe in it. What Jews do not believe in is the "New Testament," which is part of Christianity, not of Judaism. The reasons why Jews don't believe in the Christian Testament are many. Here are a couple: 1) According to Jewish tradition, prophecy ceased and the canon was sealed around 350 years before Jesus. 2) The Christian Testament contains certain ideas and beliefs which are contrary to Judaism.
Christians and Jews today believe and study the Old Testament. The Jews made it, but as Jesus was Jewish, Christians study it too.
None of the New Testament is for Jewish people. Jews follow the Torah which is similar to the Old Testament as well as other things like the Talmud.The Gospel of Matthew-seems written for the Jewsto prove Jesus fulfilled prophecies of coming of the Messiah.
Muslims and Jews both believe in One God, reject the concept of the trinity, and honor the Prophets of the Old Testament. Muslims and Jews both believe in One God, reject the concept of the trinity, and honor the Prophets of the Old Testament.
Christians believe he was, Jews and Muslims believe not. Certainly there is no direct or indirect reference to Jesus in the Old Testament.
The Old Testament comes from the writings of people of the Jewish faith. The New Testament comes from the writing of people of the Christian faith. The two are brought together because Christ is the fulfillment of the prophesies made by God to the Jews as documented in the Old Testament.
A:The Bible is already written for Jews, who do not believe in the New Testament. Christians call this the Old Testament, while Jews call it the Tanach.A Bible has even been written for people who do not believe in the prophecies of the Old Testament or that miracles happen. This is called the Jefferson Bible, after one of the American Founding Fathers.
That's pretty much the only part they believe in.
Jews and Christains are related. They both believe in the Lord God. But the Jews only believe in the old testament ( Before Jesus was born). The christians believe in both the old and the new testament. To make this simpler the Jews didn't believe in Jesus but the christians did. Another name for Jesus was the messiah. Pronouced Me-Sigh-A.
The New Testament primarily assumes that Jesus was the Messiah and the Savior, who came to forgive all our sins and fulfill the prophesies made in the Hebrew Bible. (Jews do not call it the Old Testament. It is generally called in Hebrew the Tanakh, or sometimes referred to as the Torah-- the Teachings of God.) The New Testament is the book about the origins of Christianity, and that is why Christians refer to the Hebrew Bible as the Old Testament, since Christians believe there is a now a new religion and a new testament. But Jews do not believe any new bible can be added to the Hebrew Bible, nor do they believe in the new religion of Christianity. Christians often point to verses in the Hebrew scriptures that they believe are predictions of Jesus as the savior and messiah, but Jews do not believe that these verses are about Jesus at all. Among the other reasons why Jews do not accept the New Testament: Jews do not believe that God has a son (we are ALL sons and daughters of God); that a human sacrifice is needed for sins; or that anyone's death can atone for another person's sin: the Book of Ezekiel says very clearly in chapter 18 that no-one can die for your sins, and that the person who sins, he (or she) alone bears the punishment. Also, Jews commonly understand that when the messiah comes, there will be world peace, an end to prejudice, and everyone uniting in the belief in the one God (Zechariah 8:23). Since this has not yet occurred, and since there is no mention in the Hebrew Bible of a second coming, Jews conclude that Jesus could not have been the messiah, and they are thus still waiting for the Messiah to come. See Related Questions as well.
Jews believe in the God of the Old Testament Bible but they don't believe in the new testament. Much of the Christian old testament and the Torah are common. Muslims believe in the God of the Old Testament Bible, but they do not believe in the new testament. Their holy book is the Koran Hindus believe in many Gods but they don't believe in the Bible. If Jews, Muslims and Christians can all believe in the same old testament God but not have the same holy book then it is logically possible to believe in the same God, in some way or another, without believing either the Bible, the Torah or the Koran.
because its the only book that is inspired by God.
Some do... But they are wrong... The New Testament puts the church in first chair... But the Jews can be grafted in... :-)
luke ANOTHER ANSWER: The book of Hebrews was written for Christian Jews having a hard time adjusting to Christianity. But in God's plan all of the New Testament was written for Jews and Gentiles alike, but as of yet most Jews do not believe in the Messiah Jesus and so they will not read the New Testament.
No, Jews do not believe in the rapture. They do not believe Jesus was the Messiah, therefore, they do not believe the New Testament is accurate or part of God's word. The concept of the rapture was created by Christianity and does not exist anywhere in Jewish teachings.
They pray just like Christians and Muslims do except unlike the New Testament , the Old testament or the Torah does not believe in Jesus.
Everything is just about the same except Christians believe Jesus is the mesiah and god's son and Jews don't. Also the christians read the "old testament" and the new testament while the Jews just read the old testament(aka the Torah).Ananymous
No, although the Christian Old Testament was based on the Tanach (Jewish Bible), it was altered to support the teachings of Christianity. Therefore, Jews do not accept the the Christian OT as a valid text for Jews to follow.