06-29-2020, 09:03 PM
I'm not sure what that question means. Judaism generally teaches that Jesus lived and died, that he was crucified because he was seen as an insurrectionist. It may also be that he got into trouble because he was a seducer of Israel. I think Judaism was pluralistic enough in the Second Temple period that that is unlikely, however. People believed loads of different things at that time, and it doesn't seem that Jesus's teachings (as recorded in the Synoptic Gospels, anyway) would have been so extreme as to upset anyone.
I personally don't think that "Jesus" existed. There were plenty of itinerant teachers running around that are similar to what we picture Jesus being, but the specific person of Jesus (born in Bethlehem, raised in Nazareth, gathering followers on the Sea of Galilee, crucified in Jerusalem, etc.) is a biography that was created long after the "facts." I think that the name "Jesus" was pulled from a heretic who lived about 100 years before your Jesus was supposedly born (who was also put to death on the eve of Passover), a student of Yehoshua ben Perachia.
There is no early evidence of Jewish opinions about Jesus. When you ask what Judaism says about Jesus's death, what exactly do you mean?
I personally don't think that "Jesus" existed. There were plenty of itinerant teachers running around that are similar to what we picture Jesus being, but the specific person of Jesus (born in Bethlehem, raised in Nazareth, gathering followers on the Sea of Galilee, crucified in Jerusalem, etc.) is a biography that was created long after the "facts." I think that the name "Jesus" was pulled from a heretic who lived about 100 years before your Jesus was supposedly born (who was also put to death on the eve of Passover), a student of Yehoshua ben Perachia.
There is no early evidence of Jewish opinions about Jesus. When you ask what Judaism says about Jesus's death, what exactly do you mean?