Are Jews familiar with Mark 12 from the New Testatment?

Question

1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard....

2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

Read more here:
http://www.carm.org/kjv/Mark/mark_12.htm
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I'm a Jew and posted the question for two reasons... are Christians embarrassed by the anti-Semitism found in the NT, and are Jews aware of the anti-Semitism found in the NT?

Up to this point, it appears that neither is the case.

I'm told there's much worse in the gospel(?) of John. I wonder if the Koran has similar writings? Surely they're not any worse!
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Answer 1

While most Jews don't make a habit of reading the New Testament, most Jews know the Christian dogma as well as many Christians and sometimes even better.

After all, approximately 78 percent of the U.S. claims Christianity as religion and most of them believe that they are obligated by The Great Comission to convert Jews to Christian belief.

By sheer numbers alone, the approximately 6 million Jews in the United States have heard the "message" of the New Testament and its distortions of Jewish belief, perhaps more than most of the individual Christians who preach to us.

There are also many Jews like myself and Rabbi Federow who created http://www.whatjewsbelieve.org/ who have read the New Testament in entirety in order to try to come to a better understanding of why Christians in the main have such misconceptions about Judaism. It seems incomprehensible to many Jews why this is the case since the Tanakh in an adapted form, comprises 2/3 of the Christian bible. The key to understanding the irreconcilable differences in the two religions is to read each religions texts, in context. As a Jew, once I read the New Testament and realized that the Christian views the Tanakh completely through the lens of the New Testament and not in the context of the times and place of Torah, Neviim and Ketuviim. ( law, prophets and writings)

This passage agove is an attempt to justify the Christian belief that Jews are no longer the covenant people, but that it is Christians who have been given some kind of exclusive right to God. The story displays great misunderstanding of what the eternal covenant means. Since Torah and Jewish belief NEVER claimed that one had to be of the covenant of Moses to know God directly or merit blessing from God or deserve the world to come, any notion that the eternal covenant had to be "taken away" for gentiles to merit atonement or salvation is meaningless to the faith of Israel.
This also ignores that something that is eternal, donesn't end.The covenant of Israel is still with us. It wasn't done away with or given to anyone else because there has been and shall always be at least a remnant who remain faithful to it.

Answer 2

I was a Christian now converting to Judaism. Christians took the holy books from the Jews, and added their own spin to a 4000 year old history of the Jewish people. Not until several hundred years after Jesus's birth did the Council of Niacea decide he was "divine" and begin the trinity theory. Why three in one? Because father, son and holy ghost were three gods, when the Jewish holy books clearly state, Our God is one. ONE. Not Three. Not three in one. Just one. I know the NT very well, but so much of it is taken directly from the Jews and then given their own spin. l love Jesus, but I don't think he had any inclinations to begin a new religion. He was a Jew and he died a Jew.

Answer 3

I cannot speak for all Jews but I know as a general rule that although we do not necessarily pay attention to in which chapters the verses are found, most of us are very aware just how chock-full of anti-Semitism the NT is.

Peace

Answer 4

I'm sure there are some jews who've read the new testament, but here's the rub.. there's no historical evidence that Jesus ever existed... none whatsoever. This kind of propaganda was used to perpetuate pogroms against the jewish people. Christianity and Judaism have almost nothing in common, other than the christian claim that they are following the Jewish god.. it simply isn't true... a good read of actual Jewish beliefs would prove that.
Try http://aish.com as a start.

Answer 5

So you think God inspired Mark to write this as a diatribe of hatred against Jews? Now, THAT is Christian, isn't it? Saint Mark the bigot. Jesus the bigot. Right...

ADDED: After reading your additional comments, Jillian, I apologize for accusing you of antisemitism. That is certainly what your question sounded like. I do hope anyone else who reads this answer, however, takes the message to heart and reconsiders their own sense of humanity. Regards....

Answer 6

Anti-semetism is not the issue here !!! The verses immediately following these show that the priests of the day were out to nail Jesus !!! And He was putting them off !!! These priests paid Herod at his request to get the positions in the temple so they were not acting in the best interest of the One true God but were disingenuine to their true calling as intended by the Torah !!! How shall an honest person stand before deceit !!! Go back and read the chapter objectively !!!

Answer 7

The New Testament is full of antisemitic statements and in the Gospel of John, Jesus say our father is satan. We Jews shouldn't listen to false messiahs or prophets. The Torah will keep us safe. Jesus was a fake.

Answer 8

No, Jews do not read the New Testament. What's your point with that story? Are you trying to imply that Jews killed Christ KNOWING who he was and they did it anyway? That's just not true. We do not believe that Jesus was the foretold Messiah. Please do not assume I am making a statement of fact about Jesus; I just said Jews do not BELIEVE it. Just as Christians do not believe that you can enter heaven unless you are Christian. I would never presume to tell anyone what to believe.

Answer 9

Well, since the Jews don't read the New Testament probably not.
What is the point of your non-question? Simply pasting scripture is a violation.

Answer 10

I guess they are familiar with it now? Don't think it matters though since the new testament is rubbish to them in the same way the Koran is rubbish to christian.