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What did Jews think of Jesus?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Nothing bad at all, they weren't racists and they respect every religion and they believe in their religion strongly just like many other people do.

Jewish Answer

Jesus plays no role in Judaism so no thought is or was given to him. During the time Jesus was supposed to have lived, there were many different men who claimed to have been hamoshiach (messiah), each with their own followers. Although there is documentation of this phenomenon, there is no record of Jesus. The first Jewish documentation related to Jesus is of the early Christians.

Furthermore, based on the stories of Jesus in the Christian Bible, he would have been a person who was rather ignorant of Jewish law and at most would have been a false prophet.

Christian answer:The information given in the New Testament and some historical writings indicates that the Jews of Jesus's time had differing views on Jesus. The above assertion that there is no record of Jesus does not take into account the writings of well known Jewish historian and priest Flavius Josephus.
  • Some saw him as a prophet.
  • Some saw him as a particularly wise and intelligent Rabbi.
  • Some believed he was a true healer, but they did not understand from where his power came.
  • Some believed he was the Christ, the Messiah.
  • Some hoped that, as Messiah, Jesus would help the Jews to overcome the Roman oppression under which they lived.
  • Many believed he was a blasphemer, and worthy only of the death accorded the most despicable criminals - crucifixion.
Jewish answer:The mention of Jesus in Josephus's history is widely recognized as being an interpolation added later by the Church leaders.

Jesus was not seen by Jews as a prophet, since he does not claim to be one, and since our tradition was that prophecy ended some 350 years earlier.

The large majority of Jews at that time did not hear of Jesus. He spoke to the unlearned class (the amei haaretz), who were a small minority. The bulk of the population were counted among the disciples and sympathizers of the great Sages of the time such as Hillel and Shammai, as Josephus makes clear.

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