There is a claim that the Isaiah 53 is skipped over by Jews or that it is a "forbidden chapter".
(This claim is false, BTW.)
My question is posed to those who think this claim is true.
- What exactly is your evidence that it is true? What was your source?
- Why were you not more skeptical of such a claim considering its implausibility?
- Ultimately, what does such a claim prove, even if we were to assume it were true?
Anonymous
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No. Jews actually study the meaning of the text is context, unlike Christians who only read Isaiah 53. If you read back when the story starts in Isaiah 42, the suffering servant is clearly identified as Israel. There is nothing about Jesus in the Old Testament.
BMCR
To answer my own question:
Every Shabbos (Sabbath) and holiday, there is a Parsha (Torah Portion) reading.
Afterwards, there is a Haftarah reading from Navi (Prophets).
The false claim that "Jews skip over Isaiah 53" is based on the true fact that it isn't read as a Haftarah.
HOWEVER... Neither is over 90% of Navi read as a Haftarah.
So, if someone wants to claim that it was "skipped over", they'd have to prove that it USED to be a Haftarah reading and then was REMOVED.
In addition, they would have to explain why, if a chapter is "forbidden", it was NEVER removed from ANY Jewish publication of Isaiah nor is there any mention of any prohibition against studying it.
Nevertheless, this claim is STILL widespread.
Also, the reason I asked why they are not more skeptical is because, on the face of it, it sounds odd.
Why would the JEWS who venerate Torah and G-d's prophets deliberately remove it?
Such a thing should make someone skeptical of such a claim.
Yet too many believe it without verification.
Finally, even if we were to assume it were true, it still doesn't prove anything.
More importantly, it wouldn't prove the Christian position is correct.
Thus, making such claims serve NO real purpose.
Ernest S
Isaiah 53 clearly identifies Jesus Christ.
Obviously the Jews are hard put about that.
And if not why has their Temple, the centre of their worship, been destroyed, and they exiled and dispersed among the Heathen nations for some 2000 yrs?
Time they humbled themselves and repented, for then they could be accepted.
Tim
It is Isaiah 42 they skip over and leading them to the wrong conclusion in Isaiah 53 for failing to recognize the two servants.
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"To the Jew first and also for the Greek" Romans 1:16 The Jews were not "skipped over" according to Paul in Romans.