ewp (02/15/83)
I have always wondered how the Jewish faith views Christ. I had heard that they consider Him a prophet and that is why He was able to perform miracles. If that is true, He must be considered pretty blasphemous, or in the Jewish scriptures does He only claim to be *sent* from God? Can someone out there explain the Jewish viewpoint? Ed Pawlak ihuxb!ewp
dag (02/16/83)
A note in response to the last part of the submission -- Jewish scriptures never mention Jesus. There are histories and such from the time that make allusions to him being around, but none of our scriptures have anything to do with him. Also - The word "christ" is a title, not a name. We do not call Jesus "Christ" because that would be blasphemous if using the english sense of the word. Daniel Glasser ...!decvax!sultan!dag
dje (02/25/83)
"How do Jews view Christ?" is a loaded question. As a Jew, I view the term "Christ" as referring to Jesus-the-Savior, which is a notion antithetical to Jewish belief. Jesus, as seen by Jews, was a man, plain and simple. Not a prophet, not a miracle worker, just a person. God is one, and the notion of Son-of-God is contrary to the unity of God and thus cannot be accepted by Jews for our beliefs. As for the Messiah concept, there is a diversity of views within the Jewish mainstream, ranging from fundamental belief to pure folklore. Even so, Jews who believe in the coming of the Messiah cannot accept that the Messiah has come or will come until all evil has been rooted out and all people believe in the One God. (Note: Christians are regarded by Jews as believing in the One God even though their beliefs in Jesus as Messiah are contrary to Jewish beliefs.) Dave Ellis Bell Labs, Piscataway ...harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!5951ux!dje