Did the jews have a different prophet or do they respect Jesus as their prophet?

Answer 1

Oh good grief, so far only RW and JewishGirl have given an answer from a Jewish perspective. We do **not** believe that Jesus was a prophet or the messiah. Period. **No one** who is Jewish believes this, and anyone who does is **not** considered to be Jewish by the rest of us.

The prophets we respect are those in our Bible (what others call the "Old Testament")--Elijah, Micah, Jeremiah, Hosea, etc. We do not worship any of them, and although Moses is considered to be a prophet we do not worship him either. We only worship G-d.

Answer 2

Excellent question! The Jews do not respect Jesus as their prophet. Many prophets are essential to Jewish theology. The main ones being Moses and Isaiah. The law was given by God to Moses and he was the first great prophet of Judaism. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel are considered major prophets and there are a number of minor prophets as well. As for the time of Jesus' life, the prophets had been long dead before He came on the scene. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

The Jews honor most of the same prophets Christians do: Moses, Isaiah, Elijah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Habakkuk, etc.

Answer 4

Jews have a lot of prophets.

Jesus was a rabbi, but not a prophet, for the Jews. Jews are still waiting for the Messiah.

Answer 5

Jesus is insignificant to the Jewish religion. period.

His "prophecies" failed to happen ( he was supposed to fulfill them within the lifetimes of his 12 disciples ) so according to Torah, if he made claims of being a prophet, he fit Deuteronomy's warning about following a false prophet to a T.

From our home Temple in Jerusalem. King David's top seven reasons
why Jesus was not the Jewish Messiah.


7) Unwritten Jewish Oral Law Tradition: Messiah not allowed to have more than
100 million innocents killed in his name.


6) At least David Copperfield reappears.


5) Required to fulfill minimum of one Messianic prophecy in Tanakh
within first 1,000 years (or first 1,500 years if extended Messiah
warranty coverage is purchased).


4) Before telling followers to believe based on faith alone, forgot to say,
“Simon says”.

3) Unlike Maimonides, didn't have enough sense to listen to mother and
become doctor.


2) Is unquestionably considered Messiah in Poland.


1) Isaiah warns us not to follow a man-made religion led by a carpenter
in Chapter 44.
( Now Isaiah IS a prophet of Judaism )


And to the woefully misinformed here, any Jew who accepts Jesus as a demi-god or god who can pardon sin has abandoned being a Jew and become a Christian.

If they are ashamed to admit they are Christian, how sincere can their faith in the "Christ" really be?

Answer 6

Jesus is just a guy, as far as judaism is concerned.

he offers little to nothing of value to Judaism.

are... well the whole old testament, not sufficient "prophet"-ness sufficient for judaism, to you?

Judaism isn't just christianity minus jesus. its much more different than that.

>>"Jesus IS God, and no, the Jews do not recognize Him as such."<<
... this is rather obviously, because to say that, is idolotry.

Answer 7

The Jews do not consider Jesus Christ as anybody special at all. They laugh at Christians who place Jesus equal with God.

Answer 8

Jesus is not a prophet. A prophet is a man used by God. Jesus IS God, and no, the Jews do not recognize Him as such.

Answer 9

the jews had many prophets, they believe Jesus was one of them. Christians believe he was more than a prophet, He was/is God incarnate.

Answer 10

Mark S has the only viable answer.

Jezis is nobody in Judaism. Doesn't factor in at all.

Even if he was, (which he wasn't) we don't worship our prophets.

As for people who say they are 'jewish believers in jezis'- they're not considered Jews by any Jew or by any Jewish ruling, it is quite explicit on this topic.