PART 1: INTRODUCING THE PROBLEM The notion of a triune deity In trinitarian Christian belief there are three conscious personalities existing i...

John quotes Jesus as saying: “I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am” (John 14:28). Is this coequality within the Trinit...

As mentioned above a verse by verse explanation of how the people of Israel are the fulfillment the Suffering Servant prophecy can be found in Isai...

Continued from Part 27 The servant’s rewards for faithfulness to God In verse 12, God speaks of the servant, who, as a result of his selflessness,...

Continued from Part 28 Jesus and the spoils of war shared with the mighty. What portion did Jesus share with the great, what spoil did he divid...

ISAIAH 53:11 53:11: “From the labor of his soul he shall see; he shall be satisfied.” Christian commentators claim that the life’s work of Je...

ISAIAH 53:12 53:12: “I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the mighty” There is a great divide betwe...

53:10: “he shall prolong days” The concept of prolonging of days and that of gaining eternal life: The differences: The concept of a prolonge...

53:10: “he shall see seed” Zer‘a The expression in the verse is “see seed” (yireh zer‘a) and appears only here. The absence of a possessive pro...

ISAIAH 53:10 53:10: “If he would offer himself as a guilt-offering” The suffering servant as a guilt-offering Following the initial declarat...

Making the unsuitable suitable New Testament style It is alleged that Jesus was spiritually pure and sinless and that his supposed sacrificial dea...

53:9: “neither was there any deceit in his mouth” The issue of Jesus’ deceitful behavior Is there any indication that Jesus was deceitful to fr...

A medley of secrets, lies and deception Knowing that Elijah must precede the Messiah (Malachi 3:1, 23), Jesus claimed that John the Baptist was El...

This past Sunday, exactly 3,330 years ago, G-d addressed our ancestors whom He had brought out of Egypt and told them, in the 'voice of G-d,' the f...

Did Jesus suffer vicariously for the sins of mankind? Jesus is often portrayed as suffering vicariously for the sins of mankind. No support for su...

Jesus and his philosophy of violence Jesus was not adverse to using violence and held no general principle against violent action. If Jesus was tr...

Salvation was reserved for the select few Jesus claimed that he revealed the meaning of his esoteric declarations (the parables) only to his disci...

ISAIAH 53:8 53:8: “As a result of the transgression of my people he has been afflicted.” The literal rendering of this verse is: “From the t...

ISAIAH 53:9 53:9: “his grave was set with the wicked” The burial of Jesus How was Jesus’ grave “set with the wicked”? Many Christians connec...

ISAIAH 53:6 53:6: “the Lord has visited upon him the iniquity of us all” The pre-Gospel church and its developing Christology The pre-Gospel...

ISAIAH 53:7 Isaiah 53:7: “as a sheep that before her shearers is dumb; and opened not his mouth” The silence that was a bit too loud Was Jesus hum...

Did Jesus fulfill the Torah’s requirements for blood sacrifice (Matthew 5:17-18)? Under no circumstances can one say that Jesus shed his blood as...

The rest of the story John’s claim that Jesus was “scourged” during the trial before Pilate (John 19:1) leaves open the extent of injury incurred ...

Over 250 people attended a fantastic series of events with Jews for Judaism director, Rabbi Zalman Kravitz, at CChabadOrlando this past April.

Not by blood loss Presuming Jesus was nailed to the cross, did blood oozing from the nail wounds cause his death? The Roman method of execution by...

Continued from Part 6 Jesus’ popularity in review: Do the Gospel’s describe Jesus as a person who “was despised and rejected,” or from whom p...

Continued from Part 8 ISAIAH 53:5 53:5: “But he was wounded as a result of our transgressions, he was crushed as a result of our iniquities.”...

ISAIAH 53:4 5:4: “Surely our diseases he did bear, and our pains he carried; but we considered him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.” ...

Continued from Part 5 ISAIAH 53:3 53:3: “He was despised, and rejected of men … and as one from whom men hide their face: he was despised, an...

ISAIAH 53:1 53:1: “Who would have believed our report [literally, “what we have heard”]?” As we enter chapter 53, a change of speakers occurs...