Question for Jews?

Question

Similar to my previous question that was directed at Atheists, I would like to ask any Jewish people here whether Jesus Christ is mentioned in the Torah at all?

I'm asking because some people told me that the Torah is completely different from the Holy Bible of Christians.

Thanks

Answer 1

I am not a Jew but I know the Torah. The name of Jesus is not there. There are prophecies in the prophetic books about a messiah but the name Jesus is not mentioned.
Peace!

Answer 2

Christians interpret passages in what Christians call the Old Testament to prophesy Jesus. Jews do not interpret those passages that way. Jews believe that the Jewish scriptures prophesy the fortelling of an earthly king who will be the Messiah who redeems the Jewish people from Exile and return them to Israel. Jews would also say that the reason the New Testament seems to fulfill the alleged prophesies of Jesus in the Old Testament is because the writers of the Christian scriptures knew the Old Testament and wrote their texts to fulfill the prophesies as they interpret them from the Old Testament. The Christian Old Testament is also ordered differently from the Jewish Scriptures even though they are (mostly) the same books. The Jewish scriptures begins with the Torah as the law of God, then the prophetic section is organized to "prove" the Torah, then the Writings are written to reflect on the Torah. The Christian Old testament begins with the Torah, then moves into the Historical section to demonstrate that the Jews were faithless, then to the prophetic section to prophesy the coming of the Messiah and literarily leading to the New Testament.

Answer 3

Nope, J.C. isn't mentioned in the Torah in any way, shape or form.
The Christain Bible is different from the Torah. The Torah has 24 books total, which cover the creation of the world to the building of the second Temple. The Christian Bible includes these books, which it calls the "old testement", and has a bunch of other books, which it calls the "new testement".

Answer 4

The Torah are the first five books of the Bible -- for both Jews and Christians. Those books are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. They are the first five books in the Bible for both Jews and Christians. (The only difference between the Bible for Jews and Christians is that Christians have the additional New Testament books after the Old Testament, and Jews do not. But they both have the same Old Testament books.)

Is Jesus mentioned in the Torah? Jews would say No; Christians would say Yes. He certainly is not mentioned by name, since the Torah was written 1500 years before he was born. But is he mentioned prophetically? Again, Jews would say No, and Christians woudl say Yes.

For example, both Jews and Christians would agree that the following passage from Numbers 24:17 refers to the Messiah:

"I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near.
A star will come out of Jacob;
a scepter will rise out of Israel.
He will crush the foreheads of Moab,
the skulls of all the people of Sheth.

The difference is that Jews believe the Messiah is still to come; Christians believe that the Messiah is Jesus and that he has come and will come again a second time.

Also, certain passages are believed by Christians to be a "pre-incarnate" (before he was born as a Man) appearance of Christ.

For example, in Genesis 32, Jacob wrestles with a "man" all night. At the end, the man changes his name from "Jacob" to "Israel," saying:

"Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with human beings and have overcome." (Genesis 32:28)

And then, afterwards, the Torah says:

"So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, 'It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.'" (Genesis 32:30)

These references to Jacob "wrestling with God" are seen by Christians as referring to a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ, but are seen otherwise by Jews.

So, again, is Jesus mentioned in the Torah? If you speak to a Jew, the answer's no; if you speak to a Christian, the answer's yes.

Hope this helps.

Neil
(A Jewish person who believes Jesus is the Messiah of the Jews)

Answer 5

I'm a Christian, not a Jew. The Torah is the old testament of the Bible. Jesus is prophecies about, but his name isn't directly mentioned. There were about 500 something prophecies that came true. Only Jesus could have been the Messiah

Answer 6

No.
There is no mention of Jesus on the Jewish Bible.
Jesus plays no role in the Jewish religion.

Answer 7

no, the torah is the jews version of the old testament.
Jesus is the New testament.