2006-10-01 07:28:32 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I mean like other texts not prophecies about a Messiah in the OT.
2006-10-01 07:32:20 · update #1
Josephus was Jewish, so yes.
Judging from Alice Whealey's 2003 survey of the historiography, it seems that the majority of modern scholars consider that Josephus really did write something here about Jesus, but that the text that has reached us is corrupt to a perhaps quite substantial extent. In the words of the Catholic Encyclopedia entry for Flavius Josephus, "The passage seems to suffer from repeated interpolations." There has been no consensus on which portions are corrupt, or to what degree.
2006-10-01 07:31:19 · answer #1 · answered by BABY 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Judaism, Jesus is totally irrelevant. Jews don't view Jesus as a prophet or the messiah. Josephus was a Jewish historian, and mentioned Jesus. Other than that, Jesus doesn't cross most Jews' minds on a daily basis.
2006-10-01 14:32:42 · answer #2 · answered by Nowhere Man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
Jesus is not mentioned in the Old Testament or anywhere other than the New Testament, or references citing the New Testament.
Josephus' writings were corrupted by unknown persons for unknown reasons (imagine that!!)
RE: Josephus:
"Some of the deepest concerns about the authenticity of the passage were succinctly expressed by John Dominic Crossan, in The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Peasant[2]: "The problem here is that Josephus' account is too good to be true, too confessional to be impartial, too Christian to be Jewish."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testimonium_Flavianum
2006-10-01 14:31:49 · answer #3 · answered by Left the building 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Absolutely there are numerous references to Jesus in Both the Bible and in the writings of historians lexicographers, archeologists , even in the writings of the romans of the time his life and ministry is more well attested to than either you or I are as well as even today we find writings in ourt doccuments dug up at excavations the chester beaty papyrus, various codexes and the list could go on for a long time hope this helps gorbalizer
2006-10-01 15:06:09 · answer #4 · answered by gorbalizer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Messianic Jews follow preaching and teaching of Christ.
Orthodox Jews don't- Follow Torah- OLD TESTAMENT.
Plenty written about Jesus by Islam-Judaism and Christianity,
Galatians 3:29
And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Romans chap four: quotes same-children of Abraham.
2006-10-01 14:35:23 · answer #5 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's true Josephus did write about Jesus but he referred to a man and made no mention of his divinity.
2006-10-01 14:36:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why should there be? That is the new testament. That is not part of our Holy Scriptures. Your history of Jesus is the made up book that Christians added on to the Holy Scriptures.
Josephus is mentioned above-several times. He was a historian, but, wrote mostly on ''hearsay'' and with a tabloid slant. Tho studied by Jews, it is not with the greatest of respect.
2006-10-01 14:32:15 · answer #7 · answered by Shossi 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Yes- the Writings of the Jewish Historian Josephus....
2006-10-01 14:30:33 · answer #8 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
as said, jesus has no signifigance or place in judaism whatsoever.
"Messianic Jews" and "Jews for Jesus" are christians, NOT jewish at all.
http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/
2006-10-01 14:41:08 · answer #9 · answered by RW 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read the Book of Isaiah. His coming is mentioned as well as his death. A wonderful Old Testament book.
2006-10-01 14:31:04 · answer #10 · answered by makeitright 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋