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Adherents of Judaism do not believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah nor do they believe he was the Son of God. In the Jewish perspective, it is believed that the way Christians see Jesus goes against monotheism, a belief in the absolute unity and singularity of God, which is central to Judaism;[1] Judaism sees the worship of a person as a form of idolatry, which is forbidden.[2] Therefore, considering Jesus divine, as “God the Son”, is forbidden.
Judaism's rejection of Jesus as the Messiah is based on Jewish eschatology, which holds that the coming of the true Messiah will be associated with events that have not yet occurred, such as building the Third Temple, a Messianic Age of peace, and the ingathering of Jews to their homeland.[3][4]
Judaism does not accept any of the claimed fulfilments of prophecy that Christianity attributes to Jesus. In the State of Israel, Israeli Jews who endorse the belief that Jesus is the Messiah or Christ are not considered Jews either by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel nor by the Israeli government.[5][6]
- ^ "Devarim (Deuteronomy) 6:4".
- ^ Schochet, Rabbi J. Emmanuel (29 July 1999). "Judaism has no place for those who betray their roots". The Canadian Jewish News. Archived from the original on 20 March 2001. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ^ Isaiah 2:4
- ^ Isaiah 11:9
- ^ "Why the history of messianic Judaism is so fraught and complicated". 13 November 2018.
- ^ "How many Israeli Jews believe in Jesus? New book sheds light". 19 February 2022.