[net.religion] How do Jews view Christ?

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