do muslims and jews hold the same view of jesus as each other or is one closer to the christian view then the?

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feel free to explain the differences john

Answer 1

Just a little comment on what tony20001 wrote. Muslims don't consider Jesus "lesser". In islam we don't differentiate between messengers, and we definitely don't rank them. They are all honorable prophets. Mohamed however holds a unique and special place of being the last messenger with the final revelation.

Answer 2

There are too many different Jewish sects to attribute one Jewish point of view toward Jesus. Some say he was a heretical Rabbi, some say he is the Messiah (see Messianic Judaism), many other Jews say many other things. Muslims on the other hand are uniform in their belief that Jesus was a great prophet but a lesser prophet than Mohamed. Most Jews and all Muslims deny the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ and the power thereof. This is THE basic tenant of Christianity, therefore if he be risen then.......

Answer 3

Muslims accept Jesus as a prophet, and incredible blessed man, and someone who was given the power to perform miracles. Jews look at him as a nice young man who was a carpentar.

Christians call Jesus part of God and the son of God. Muslims would never claim this, because nothing is worthy of worship but God alone.

Answer 4

considering Islam hold Jesus to be a prophet and Judaism doesn't, I'd venture to say that the muslim view of Jesus is closer to the christian view.

Answer 5

Muslims sconsider Jesus to be one of the greatest prophets of God - but not his son - you canot be a Muslim nor go to heaven unless you accept Jesus


The Islamic and Christian views of Jesus: a comparison
http://www.soundvision.com/Info/Jesus/inIslam.asp


Muslim Passion for Christ

By Ibrahim N. Abusharif (contact info below)

Like everyone else, I was warned about the blood and violence, and braced
for it. But the bit about the English subscripts must have slipped my mind.
One unexpected thing I got out of watching "The Passion of the Christ" is
its affirmation that Jesus never uttered the word "God." Instead, he called
upon the Creator using a name that is very close to what I and other Muslims
often evoke, namely, the word "Allah." (The Aramaic word for God is
transliterated as "alaha.")

In a broad sense, "The Passion," as well as the controversy that stalks it,
is an extension of the very long struggle for narrative control over the
life and mission of Jesus. We, the American public, are given the impression
that the discussion about the movie and its main character is a discourse
between folks on both sides of a curious hyphen in the Judeo-Christian
ambit, with Rabbis and Jewish intelligentsia expressing their fears that the
movie will inspire anti-Semitism and with Christians denying that.

The irony here is that Muslims are perfectly poised to offer a view that no
one seems to be talking about. What "The Passion" depicted in chilling
imagery is but one narrative among several about Christ. In fact, Gibson
portrayed one "canonized" narrative of Christ (only 12 hours of it) that
received approval some centuries after the Messiah had lived and one that
does not enjoy consensus even in Christian quarters and scholarship.

When asked, a Muslim will tell you that Christ was not sent to die, but,
like the prophets before him and Prophet Muhammad after him, he was sent to
live and teach. In short, a Muslim would say there is no Christ killer and,
therefore, no need to associate anyone with that indictment and no need to
cause anyone to fear it. What happened to Jesus at the end of his life was
not about violence, but about honor in the face of vehement rejection. God
raised His prophet to Himself, thus sparing Jesus of the execution Gibson so
graphically detailed and imprinted in the public mind through the very
powerful medium of art and culture. This is a view that was also shared
among some early Christian sects, like the Basilideans, who believed that
Christ himself was never crucified.

To vilify Jesus and deny that he is one of God's prophets and messengers is
a cardinal sin in Islam, enough to disqualify one from the faith. To deify
Jesus, however, is considered an affront to the primordial foundation of
the religion project: the oneness of God and His sole divinity. The Muslim
"middle" view here is not a self-conscious act of officiating a religious
debate between Jews and Christians. Our understanding and beliefs regarding
Christ are essentially identical to the beliefs we have about Noah, Abraham,
Moses, and Muhammad: all prophets, all humans, sent by God to teach humanity
certain things that should keep us guided and clear in our very brief lives.
If we are ever to be confused about something, let it not be about God and
His divinity, and humankind and our humanity, especially as it pertains to
our salvation quest. In Islamic theology, the human being is born pure,
brought into this world in a state of grace. The concept of Original Sin is
essentially homeless in our tradition. We inherit eye color and receding
hairlines from our parents, not their wrongdoing. Forgiveness, pardoning,
and mercy are of God's essence, and He generously bestows them for the cool
price of belief and sincerity.

In an important way, "The Passion" is an accidental expose about the
religious sensitivities of our times, about a wounded spirituality that
seems to require sensationalism to keep the faithful going. This is a point

that men and women of religion may all agree upon and observe in their
respective flocks. Mel Gibson unwittingly may have done a service in raising
issues indigenous to the human spirit that the postmodern world seems to
shun, issues about God, prophets, salvation, mercy, and hope. It's a vital
conversation with divides and alliances, passions and perils, but a
conversation that nonetheless can stand to hear the "middle" view that Islam
naturally offers. Something of this view, in unavoidably brief fashion, now
follows:

Muslims love and revere Jesus, and believe in him as a Prophet and Messenger
of God, a great teacher and guide for people. But Muslims do not believe
that Jesus was God or the Son of God. Nor do Muslims believe that he was
slain on the cross, as some early sects of Christians had once believed.
Jesus was sent to the Children of Israel to revive faith and a spiritual
connection with God. All the miracles that Jesus performed were indeed true:
raising the dead, healing the blind and the leper, and more. These miracles,
however, occurred through the auspices of God's power and will, as it was
with the splitting of the sea for Moses, Solomon understanding the
utterances of animals, and many other suspensions of the natural order. God
is the Creator, and when He determines something, He but says to it "Be" and
it is! (as the Quran states). Muslims venerate Mary, the mother of Jesus.
She indeed gave birth to Jesus though she was a virgin. She was a spiritual
woman who was chosen among her people to the office of special contemplation
and prayer. But Muslims do not hold her to be the "mother of God" and
similar attributes. She too was fully human and was a beloved and important
person in a remarkable series of miracles in a special time in human
history. Every biology and miracle, the explainable and the inexplicable,
whether it is the creation of Adam from clay or the conception of any given
child of two parents, goes back to God. It is all the same to Him. All of it
easy. All of it His.

In Islamic parlance, Jesus (peace be upon him) is known by the venerable
titles of "Word" and "Spirit," since the Quran tells us that God cast the
"word" or "spirit" upon Mary, the Mother of Jesus. "Indeed, the angels said:
'O Mary! God gives you glad tidings of a word from Him, whose name is the
Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, illustrious in this world and the Hereafter,
and he shall be among those brought near [to God]. He will speak to
humankind in the cradle and in manhood, and he is of the righteous" (Quran,
3:45).

Also, the Quran states: "The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was but a Messenger
of God, and His word which He conveyed to Mary, and a spirit proceeding from
Him" (Quran, 4:171). "And indeed God gave Moses the Book [Torah], and after
him We sent Messengers in succession. We gave Jesus son of Mary clear proofs
and strengthened him with the Holy Spirit [Angel Gabriel]" (Quran, 2:87).

The thought life of a Muslim with regard to all the prophets is best summed
by the following verse of the Quran "Say [O believers]: "We believe in God
and [the Book] sent down to us, and what was sent down to Abraham, Ishmael,
Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes; and what was given to Moses and Jesus and what
was given to [all] the Prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction
between any of them, and to Him do we surrender ourselves" (Quran 2:136).



http://www.altmuslim.com/perm.php?id=1197_0_25_0_C40


No offence, but Muslims love Jesus as much as Christians do
http://www.islamfortoday.com/jesus02.htm

I dont think Jews accept him

Answer 6

no