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Refuting Rabbinic Objections to Christianity & Messianic Prophecies
For us Jews who grew up in Israel, Jesus and His word were never part of the conversation. Not in our school system, not in our synagogues, and not in our media. Nor do we have easy access to the New Testament. Jesus has been studiously avoided and hidden from our people. Today in Israel, 98% of the Jewish population rejects Jesus as the Messiah.
Since the days of the Messiah, the Jewish rabbis have set themselves in opposition to the gospel, blocking the message of Jesus from Israel. They deliberately prevent Jewish people from hearing about the free salvation offered to them in the death and resurrection of their own Jewish Messiah. They have gone to great lengths to conceal Jesus and keep him the best-kept secret in Judaism, keeping Israel in spiritual darkness.
Between 2012 and 2018, I collected all the Jewish rabbinic arguments against Christianity I could find in rabbinic publications (magazines, books, and videos.) Since 2015 I have released about 150 short videos in Hebrew (viewed over 50 million times in Israel alone!) where I introduce and refute the top rabbinic objections to Jesus, the New Testament, and Christianity. This book is a compilation of transcripts of the videos translated into English. It is written in a simple non-academic style.
Since the days of the Messiah, the Jewish rabbis have set themselves in opposition to the gospel, blocking the message of Jesus from Israel. They deliberately prevent Jewish people from hearing about the free salvation offered to them in the death and resurrection of their own Jewish Messiah. They have gone to great lengths to conceal Jesus and keep him the best-kept secret in Judaism, keeping Israel in spiritual darkness.
Between 2012 and 2018, I collected all the Jewish rabbinic arguments against Christianity I could find in rabbinic publications (magazines, books, and videos.) Since 2015 I have released about 150 short videos in Hebrew (viewed over 50 million times in Israel alone!) where I introduce and refute the top rabbinic objections to Jesus, the New Testament, and Christianity. This book is a compilation of transcripts of the videos translated into English. It is written in a simple non-academic style.
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Published January 3, 2019
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About the author
Eitan Bar
50 books62 followersDr. Eitan Bar (born 1984, Tel Aviv) is a Bible scholar, author, and Israeli-Jewish follower of Jesus with multiple advanced degrees in Bible and theology. His unique background—living in Israel, being a native Hebrew speaker, and possessing advanced Christian education—provides a fresh and timely perspective on Christian beliefs and doctrines.
Dr. Bar co-founded ONE FOR ISRAEL Ministry, a Messianic Reformed Baptist non-profit and Bible college. He later left the organization in 2022 and deconstructed his Baptistic-Calvinistic beliefs, becoming an independent author of several books, including a few best-sellers (available on Amazon.com)
Eitan frequently lectures worldwide, primarily in Europe and the U.S., and his Hebrew-language videos, with over 25 million views, have made him a widely recognized figure in Israel for representing faith in Yeshua (Hebrew for Jesus).
Dr. Bar co-founded ONE FOR ISRAEL Ministry, a Messianic Reformed Baptist non-profit and Bible college. He later left the organization in 2022 and deconstructed his Baptistic-Calvinistic beliefs, becoming an independent author of several books, including a few best-sellers (available on Amazon.com)
Eitan frequently lectures worldwide, primarily in Europe and the U.S., and his Hebrew-language videos, with over 25 million views, have made him a widely recognized figure in Israel for representing faith in Yeshua (Hebrew for Jesus).
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May 4, 2019
Great content despite the horrible self-published editorial decisions: 4 out of 5 stars.
First, the good: The content of this book is fantastic. The author really knows his subject and communicates well. I recommend this book for that alone. I have been looking for this book for decades now and I'm delighted that I've finally found it.
Now, the bad: This book - in both it's Kindle and Audio editions - is a testament to why everyone needs an editor. It suffers painfully from the classic mistakes that neophyte scholars and unseasoned editors make.
1) Conspicuous in their absence are full and complete footnotes or endnotes. Long passages are cited with only occasional, partial in-line sourcing information given. This wasn't too much of a problem for me, personally, since I know how to research and validate sources. But at the same time, it was annoying that I would have to make the author's full case for him by tracking down his sources from scratch. This also erodes the credibility of the book - which is unfortunate given it's excellent and badly needed content.
2) Kill the appeals for positive reviews and other forms of defensive self-promotion and pointed polemics.
OK, so the Rabbis are self-interested, power-hungry schmucks. Got it. Who cares? Tell us something that we don't know. It looks childish and unprofessional to come right out and say it - let alone use it as part of an appeal for positive reviews as a defense against their vitriol. This just lowers the author down to their level and makes him look paranoid, defensive, and willing to resort to mudslinging to get his way. Heed the words of Messiah and turn the other cheek Brother Bar!
OK, so you don't have a mainstream publisher. Again, so what? Who cares? Your book is in the marketplace, isn't it? Let it go. If you build an audience and the book is selling, they'll notice - there's no need to resort to shameless self-promotion. Let your work speak for itself.
So you want the book to succeed and for the reader to write a glowingly positive review on Amazon, Goodreads, and elsewhere so it succeeds? Join the club, who doesn't? But it's tacky to make this appeal as part of the book that you've just asked your reader to pay good money for, isn't it? It's in very bad taste, and bad form, isn't it? I was very off-put by this.
This book is repeatedly marred by this type of behavior. It's like a beautiful woman with a wart on her nose - it gets in the way of appreciating the beauty underneath the flaw.
3) If you're going to do an audiobook, please do it right.
Mr. Author and Mr. Narrator, we don't need to be told the name of the book, the author, the section, and the topic of the section at the beginning of every single chapter. Not only was this unnecessary and annoying, but it was also a waste of the narrator's breath and the listener's time. Just the chapter number is sufficient to give the listener an anchor for cross-referencing against the text editions of the book, just leave it there and move on like they do in other audiobooks.
But thankfully, and in the end, the superb content of this book overcomes all these deficiencies. My personal hope is that the author will either do a revised edition in the future and fix these flaws so that the wealth of good content in this book shines even brighter, or that he gets picked up by a mainstream publisher who will subject this fine book to the scrutiny of an experienced editor and audio producer who can make it shine even more than it already does.
Annoyances aside, I really loved this book and will most definitely be referring to it often both now and in the future.
First, the good: The content of this book is fantastic. The author really knows his subject and communicates well. I recommend this book for that alone. I have been looking for this book for decades now and I'm delighted that I've finally found it.
Now, the bad: This book - in both it's Kindle and Audio editions - is a testament to why everyone needs an editor. It suffers painfully from the classic mistakes that neophyte scholars and unseasoned editors make.
1) Conspicuous in their absence are full and complete footnotes or endnotes. Long passages are cited with only occasional, partial in-line sourcing information given. This wasn't too much of a problem for me, personally, since I know how to research and validate sources. But at the same time, it was annoying that I would have to make the author's full case for him by tracking down his sources from scratch. This also erodes the credibility of the book - which is unfortunate given it's excellent and badly needed content.
2) Kill the appeals for positive reviews and other forms of defensive self-promotion and pointed polemics.
OK, so the Rabbis are self-interested, power-hungry schmucks. Got it. Who cares? Tell us something that we don't know. It looks childish and unprofessional to come right out and say it - let alone use it as part of an appeal for positive reviews as a defense against their vitriol. This just lowers the author down to their level and makes him look paranoid, defensive, and willing to resort to mudslinging to get his way. Heed the words of Messiah and turn the other cheek Brother Bar!
OK, so you don't have a mainstream publisher. Again, so what? Who cares? Your book is in the marketplace, isn't it? Let it go. If you build an audience and the book is selling, they'll notice - there's no need to resort to shameless self-promotion. Let your work speak for itself.
So you want the book to succeed and for the reader to write a glowingly positive review on Amazon, Goodreads, and elsewhere so it succeeds? Join the club, who doesn't? But it's tacky to make this appeal as part of the book that you've just asked your reader to pay good money for, isn't it? It's in very bad taste, and bad form, isn't it? I was very off-put by this.
This book is repeatedly marred by this type of behavior. It's like a beautiful woman with a wart on her nose - it gets in the way of appreciating the beauty underneath the flaw.
3) If you're going to do an audiobook, please do it right.
Mr. Author and Mr. Narrator, we don't need to be told the name of the book, the author, the section, and the topic of the section at the beginning of every single chapter. Not only was this unnecessary and annoying, but it was also a waste of the narrator's breath and the listener's time. Just the chapter number is sufficient to give the listener an anchor for cross-referencing against the text editions of the book, just leave it there and move on like they do in other audiobooks.
But thankfully, and in the end, the superb content of this book overcomes all these deficiencies. My personal hope is that the author will either do a revised edition in the future and fix these flaws so that the wealth of good content in this book shines even brighter, or that he gets picked up by a mainstream publisher who will subject this fine book to the scrutiny of an experienced editor and audio producer who can make it shine even more than it already does.
Annoyances aside, I really loved this book and will most definitely be referring to it often both now and in the future.
January 9, 2019
I am a Bible teacher and ordained minister at Church of God ministry, with many years teaching at Brazil and United States. This book has solid references to understand the Jewish roots of Jesus Christ or Yeshua, the Messiah. I strongly recommend the book to all that are seeking deep information about Him.
February 28, 2022
Refuting Rabbinic Objections by Etian Bar
I read this book as part of a dialogue I am internally constructing between Rabbi Tovia Singer's YouTube episodes and potential respondents. Rabbi Singer is an articulate and knowledgeable defender of the proposition that Christianity is an invented faith that is leading Christians to damnation because of their idolatrous worship of a mere man. Singer has a knack for arguing that Christianity's originators twisted and misrepresented the Jewish scriptures.
A little study will show that Rabbi Singer is erring in refusing to acknowledge that the early Christians, such as St. Paul and the Gospel writers were quoting the Greek version of a non-Masoretic text (aka the "Septuagint) verbatim. Singer refuses to acknowledge the so-called Septuagint as being anything other than a bad translation of the Masoretic text, when in fact (a) the Masoretic text reflects a post-Christian development and (b) the Septuagint (so-called) actually reflects an earlier textual tradition confirmed in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Elsewhere, however, Rabbi Singer scores some points, so I thought I would examine a response to such objections. In this case, the author is an Israeli Messianic Jew named Eitan Bar. Bar categorizes the objections and provides a response, largely from rabbinical sources in the Talmud. His answers are very informative. For example, Rabbi Singer had mentioned Messiah son of Joseph a few times to discount the importance of that "messiah." Bar's citation of Rabbinical sources indicates that there is far more to the concept - which I was unfamiliar with - than Singer permits.
Bar explains:
"As you could probably guess, Rabbinic Yeshivahs don’t exactly teach about Zechariah or his prophecies. Attempts have been made to interpret it in various ways, but the problem for contemporary rabbis is that the Sages of Early Judaism always interpreted Zechariah 12 the same way as today's Messianic Jews: As a prophecy about the Messiah who is to be pierced to death! One of the ancient interpretations in the Talmud explains that the prophecy in Zechariah 12 means that the Messiah, son of Joseph, must die. He is, according to ancient Jewish tradition, the tormented and suffering Messiah. If so, why is it such a surprise when the New Testament attributes this verse to Jesus? … the Messiah who suffered and died upon the cross for their sins. The Babylonian Talmud says: “One holds that it was for the Messiah the son of Joseph who was killed, as written in Zechariah 12: When they look on me, whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child” (Tractate Sukkah, Chapter 5).
Bar, Eitan. Refuting Rabbinic Objections to Christianity & Messianic Prophecies (p. 34). ONE FOR ISRAEL Ministry. Kindle Edition.
Likewise the fraught claim about "alma" and virgin is enlightened by rabbinical commentary as follows:
"The Jewish biblical scholar Dr. Fruchtenbaum writes that the rabbis quote Rashi as someone who interprets the word ‘alma’ as a ‘young woman,’ and concedes that so does Rashi consider the word in Isaiah 7:14 to refer to a young woman rather than a virgin. However, Fruchtenbaum points out that it’s easy to understand why Rashi would take a different position in this particular case: he was involved in polemical debates against Christians, and therefore he took an opposite position to the one which had been accepted up until his time in order to try and disprove Jesus’ messiahship. In fact, he took a different position to the one that he himself held in a different case – Rashi didn’t always interpret the word ‘alma’ as a ‘young woman’. This word also appears in the Song of Songs and in these verses he interpreted ‘alma’ as a ‘virgin’. Moreover, Rashi himself indicated that other Jewish scholars producing Biblical commentary in his time also interpreted the word ‘alma’ in Isaiah 7:14 as a ‘virgin’. And it is important to note that the ancient Jewish Sages also held the belief that the Messiah wouldn’t have a biological father. Here is what they taught – "The redeemer whom I shall raise up from among you, will have no father"
(Genesis Rabbah of Rabbi Moshe haDarshan)
Bar, Eitan. Refuting Rabbinic Objections to Christianity & Messianic Prophecies (pp. 63-64). ONE FOR ISRAEL Ministry. Kindle Edition.
Bar makes this argument about the "Septuagint" which is strong, but a useful corrective for those who completely discount that text:
"The Septuagint, was written only 600 years after Hosea, about 1,200 years before the Masoretic translation. An even higher level of grammatical accuracy is contained within the Septuagint because it was penned long before the time of Jesus, meaning it was closer to the original language of Hosea and wasn’t theologically influenced by the appearance of Jesus and the New Testament.
Bar, Eitan. Refuting Rabbinic Objections to Christianity & Messianic Prophecies (p. 154). ONE FOR ISRAEL Ministry. Kindle Edition.
For me, a drawback with the book is that it does not provide the support for its citations. It would have been useful for him to provide footnotes and identify neutral books that the reader can review to verify his claims. Another drawback is that this book does become polemical toward the end, but that is probably understandable in light of Bar's probable treatment as a traitorous pariah.
I read this book as part of a dialogue I am internally constructing between Rabbi Tovia Singer's YouTube episodes and potential respondents. Rabbi Singer is an articulate and knowledgeable defender of the proposition that Christianity is an invented faith that is leading Christians to damnation because of their idolatrous worship of a mere man. Singer has a knack for arguing that Christianity's originators twisted and misrepresented the Jewish scriptures.
A little study will show that Rabbi Singer is erring in refusing to acknowledge that the early Christians, such as St. Paul and the Gospel writers were quoting the Greek version of a non-Masoretic text (aka the "Septuagint) verbatim. Singer refuses to acknowledge the so-called Septuagint as being anything other than a bad translation of the Masoretic text, when in fact (a) the Masoretic text reflects a post-Christian development and (b) the Septuagint (so-called) actually reflects an earlier textual tradition confirmed in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Elsewhere, however, Rabbi Singer scores some points, so I thought I would examine a response to such objections. In this case, the author is an Israeli Messianic Jew named Eitan Bar. Bar categorizes the objections and provides a response, largely from rabbinical sources in the Talmud. His answers are very informative. For example, Rabbi Singer had mentioned Messiah son of Joseph a few times to discount the importance of that "messiah." Bar's citation of Rabbinical sources indicates that there is far more to the concept - which I was unfamiliar with - than Singer permits.
Bar explains:
"As you could probably guess, Rabbinic Yeshivahs don’t exactly teach about Zechariah or his prophecies. Attempts have been made to interpret it in various ways, but the problem for contemporary rabbis is that the Sages of Early Judaism always interpreted Zechariah 12 the same way as today's Messianic Jews: As a prophecy about the Messiah who is to be pierced to death! One of the ancient interpretations in the Talmud explains that the prophecy in Zechariah 12 means that the Messiah, son of Joseph, must die. He is, according to ancient Jewish tradition, the tormented and suffering Messiah. If so, why is it such a surprise when the New Testament attributes this verse to Jesus? … the Messiah who suffered and died upon the cross for their sins. The Babylonian Talmud says: “One holds that it was for the Messiah the son of Joseph who was killed, as written in Zechariah 12: When they look on me, whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child” (Tractate Sukkah, Chapter 5).
Bar, Eitan. Refuting Rabbinic Objections to Christianity & Messianic Prophecies (p. 34). ONE FOR ISRAEL Ministry. Kindle Edition.
Likewise the fraught claim about "alma" and virgin is enlightened by rabbinical commentary as follows:
"The Jewish biblical scholar Dr. Fruchtenbaum writes that the rabbis quote Rashi as someone who interprets the word ‘alma’ as a ‘young woman,’ and concedes that so does Rashi consider the word in Isaiah 7:14 to refer to a young woman rather than a virgin. However, Fruchtenbaum points out that it’s easy to understand why Rashi would take a different position in this particular case: he was involved in polemical debates against Christians, and therefore he took an opposite position to the one which had been accepted up until his time in order to try and disprove Jesus’ messiahship. In fact, he took a different position to the one that he himself held in a different case – Rashi didn’t always interpret the word ‘alma’ as a ‘young woman’. This word also appears in the Song of Songs and in these verses he interpreted ‘alma’ as a ‘virgin’. Moreover, Rashi himself indicated that other Jewish scholars producing Biblical commentary in his time also interpreted the word ‘alma’ in Isaiah 7:14 as a ‘virgin’. And it is important to note that the ancient Jewish Sages also held the belief that the Messiah wouldn’t have a biological father. Here is what they taught – "The redeemer whom I shall raise up from among you, will have no father"
(Genesis Rabbah of Rabbi Moshe haDarshan)
Bar, Eitan. Refuting Rabbinic Objections to Christianity & Messianic Prophecies (pp. 63-64). ONE FOR ISRAEL Ministry. Kindle Edition.
Bar makes this argument about the "Septuagint" which is strong, but a useful corrective for those who completely discount that text:
"The Septuagint, was written only 600 years after Hosea, about 1,200 years before the Masoretic translation. An even higher level of grammatical accuracy is contained within the Septuagint because it was penned long before the time of Jesus, meaning it was closer to the original language of Hosea and wasn’t theologically influenced by the appearance of Jesus and the New Testament.
Bar, Eitan. Refuting Rabbinic Objections to Christianity & Messianic Prophecies (p. 154). ONE FOR ISRAEL Ministry. Kindle Edition.
For me, a drawback with the book is that it does not provide the support for its citations. It would have been useful for him to provide footnotes and identify neutral books that the reader can review to verify his claims. Another drawback is that this book does become polemical toward the end, but that is probably understandable in light of Bar's probable treatment as a traitorous pariah.
April 24, 2019
Could be titled "Things I Never Knew About Rabbinic Judaism." There is a certain naivete in some of the American church about Judaism and Israel. I certainly suffered from that until I read this book. I never really knew what to do with modern Judaism; I knew they rejected Jesus as Messiah, but I assumed they were still following Mosaic Law (which I learned from this book is impossible). Let's just say that Eitan Bar sorted me out on these issues. I understand now.
Several years ago, I had a friend at work who was a Jew who attended a local synagogue. We had some interesting conversations, but one thing he said has stuck with me all this time. He related a conversation he had with his rabbi, in which the rabbi said, "We don't have to forgive anybody; **** them." That used to puzzle me; it puzzles me no longer.
This book has tied up so many loose ends for me theologically, I'd have to write my own book to catalog them all. I understand now why Jesus opposed the Pharisees, and vice versa. I understand why Paul so vehemently resisted the Judaizers within the church. I see now that the Pharisees are alive and well, and have been for 2,000+ years.
I love Israel. I love the Jews, but this book was a shocking eye-opener for me. Every Christian needs to read this book. I came away from it not only understanding the nature of rabbinic Judaism, but also finally seeing the seamless connection between the Old Testament/Covenant and the New Testament/Covenant. This is a solid work that should be required reading for every minister (at least those still running churches and not night clubs).
Several years ago, I had a friend at work who was a Jew who attended a local synagogue. We had some interesting conversations, but one thing he said has stuck with me all this time. He related a conversation he had with his rabbi, in which the rabbi said, "We don't have to forgive anybody; **** them." That used to puzzle me; it puzzles me no longer.
This book has tied up so many loose ends for me theologically, I'd have to write my own book to catalog them all. I understand now why Jesus opposed the Pharisees, and vice versa. I understand why Paul so vehemently resisted the Judaizers within the church. I see now that the Pharisees are alive and well, and have been for 2,000+ years.
I love Israel. I love the Jews, but this book was a shocking eye-opener for me. Every Christian needs to read this book. I came away from it not only understanding the nature of rabbinic Judaism, but also finally seeing the seamless connection between the Old Testament/Covenant and the New Testament/Covenant. This is a solid work that should be required reading for every minister (at least those still running churches and not night clubs).
May 20, 2021
You see them coming to the wailing wall, desperate to be as close to God as they can be, praying and swaying their bodies as an imitation of a flame because the Torah is supposed to be as a light to them, making the truth of the Law illuminate their soul. Jewish people are by far some of the most earnest people on the planet for knowing and worshipping God. After all, they have for millennia known that they were God’s chosen. The God of the universe made an everlasting covenant with the Jewish people that He would be their God and they would worship and serve only Him. That He would provide a Messiah in which to overcome the problem of sin once and for all.
So imagine the horror of learning that what the Jews have done for the last 2000 years is follow a man-made religion that has nothing pleasing in it to God. Indeed, it is difficult to ascertain whether they even worship the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, or if it is indeed the worship of Rabbi’s, for it is a religion that is created by men according to their own ideas and precepts. Now lets be clear. God didn’t leave the Jewish people high and dry when it came to knowing the rules that He wanted them to live by and the ultimate manner in which he would overcome sin in the form of a Messiah. Over the course of thousands of years, God stirred in the hearts of a group of men, and they were inspired to write down the words, the values, the rules that God wished for Jews to follow. They wrote down the plan God revealed from the Garden of Eden that a Saviour would be provided for humanity and we find these inspired words in the Tanakh. Everything the Jews needed to know about God’s plan has been written down in these divine scriptures. But after the destruction of the second Temple in AD 69-70 the religious leaders had to recreate the Jewish religion as the old one made of a holy priesthood and blood sacrifice just wasn’t a possibility any longer.
So the religious leaders made up their own religion as they saw fit. They created and furthered a thing called the Oral Law that overrode the Law given in the Tanakh. They made laws according to what would serve them best. It wasn’t a religion that took care of sin, of helping people come closer to God, living a life of holiness as God wanted. No. Rather, they made a religion in which they themselves were the star players. They themselves called all the shots and they ignored the true God that is revealed and known via the Tanakh. What they created was a religion that worshiped idols, something expressly forbidden by God.
And worst of all, the religious leaders purposely held the truth of what was found in Scripture away from the people, to keep them in the dark, to make them blind to truth. In the Tanakh, Gods plan to provide a Messiah who would be the perfect blood sacrifice so that the need for continual sacrifices would no longer be necessary was revealed over and over again. The Jewish people clung to their desire for the revelation of the Messiah for thousands of years and then when God came into humanity in the form of Yeshua, the religious leaders saw that he was stripping them of their power and their glory over the people. That Yeshua was making God accessible to all, and they didn’t like it. So they lied and denied the truth that Yeshua was the Messiah, the Christ that God had promised His chosen people over all time. They purported that Yeshua was not the Son of God. That he was not the longed for Messiah that would reconcile the Jewish people, indeed all people back to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
And for 2000 years the religious leaders have been guilty of replacing the written Tanakh with the ever changing Oral Law. They have not encouraged the Jewish people to read the Tanakh and seek the revelation for themselves. The religious leaders have forbidden the people to even touch, much less read for themselves the New Testament in which the life and words of Yeshua and his early followers were written down, to be examined closely by all for fear that the people might see the truth for themselves.
The greatest irony is if the religious leaders had earnestly searched for the truth, God would be faithful and reveal it to them, and they could have been a vital part of a thriving people of faith in which they taught the Messiah fulfilled, in which all of humanity was blessed. They have treated the Jewish people as stupid, unable to understand the truth of the Messiah for themselves, which is insulting at best, and truly horrifying at worst in that the religious leaders will have to stand before God one day and explain their actions, and they will do so without the covering of the sacrifice of Yeshua’s blood.
If there is no truth to Yeshua’s claims about himself, if there is no life changing power in the life and teaching of Yeshua then there should be no fear of the Jewish people searching for truth and reading this book. But, if the claims are truth and Yeshua is the Messiah, then there is life and death to be found in what is written for every Jew in this book.
Read this book and make up your own mind.
So imagine the horror of learning that what the Jews have done for the last 2000 years is follow a man-made religion that has nothing pleasing in it to God. Indeed, it is difficult to ascertain whether they even worship the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, or if it is indeed the worship of Rabbi’s, for it is a religion that is created by men according to their own ideas and precepts. Now lets be clear. God didn’t leave the Jewish people high and dry when it came to knowing the rules that He wanted them to live by and the ultimate manner in which he would overcome sin in the form of a Messiah. Over the course of thousands of years, God stirred in the hearts of a group of men, and they were inspired to write down the words, the values, the rules that God wished for Jews to follow. They wrote down the plan God revealed from the Garden of Eden that a Saviour would be provided for humanity and we find these inspired words in the Tanakh. Everything the Jews needed to know about God’s plan has been written down in these divine scriptures. But after the destruction of the second Temple in AD 69-70 the religious leaders had to recreate the Jewish religion as the old one made of a holy priesthood and blood sacrifice just wasn’t a possibility any longer.
So the religious leaders made up their own religion as they saw fit. They created and furthered a thing called the Oral Law that overrode the Law given in the Tanakh. They made laws according to what would serve them best. It wasn’t a religion that took care of sin, of helping people come closer to God, living a life of holiness as God wanted. No. Rather, they made a religion in which they themselves were the star players. They themselves called all the shots and they ignored the true God that is revealed and known via the Tanakh. What they created was a religion that worshiped idols, something expressly forbidden by God.
And worst of all, the religious leaders purposely held the truth of what was found in Scripture away from the people, to keep them in the dark, to make them blind to truth. In the Tanakh, Gods plan to provide a Messiah who would be the perfect blood sacrifice so that the need for continual sacrifices would no longer be necessary was revealed over and over again. The Jewish people clung to their desire for the revelation of the Messiah for thousands of years and then when God came into humanity in the form of Yeshua, the religious leaders saw that he was stripping them of their power and their glory over the people. That Yeshua was making God accessible to all, and they didn’t like it. So they lied and denied the truth that Yeshua was the Messiah, the Christ that God had promised His chosen people over all time. They purported that Yeshua was not the Son of God. That he was not the longed for Messiah that would reconcile the Jewish people, indeed all people back to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
And for 2000 years the religious leaders have been guilty of replacing the written Tanakh with the ever changing Oral Law. They have not encouraged the Jewish people to read the Tanakh and seek the revelation for themselves. The religious leaders have forbidden the people to even touch, much less read for themselves the New Testament in which the life and words of Yeshua and his early followers were written down, to be examined closely by all for fear that the people might see the truth for themselves.
The greatest irony is if the religious leaders had earnestly searched for the truth, God would be faithful and reveal it to them, and they could have been a vital part of a thriving people of faith in which they taught the Messiah fulfilled, in which all of humanity was blessed. They have treated the Jewish people as stupid, unable to understand the truth of the Messiah for themselves, which is insulting at best, and truly horrifying at worst in that the religious leaders will have to stand before God one day and explain their actions, and they will do so without the covering of the sacrifice of Yeshua’s blood.
If there is no truth to Yeshua’s claims about himself, if there is no life changing power in the life and teaching of Yeshua then there should be no fear of the Jewish people searching for truth and reading this book. But, if the claims are truth and Yeshua is the Messiah, then there is life and death to be found in what is written for every Jew in this book.
Read this book and make up your own mind.
March 27, 2022
As a student of the text , disciplined learner I always thought there was more to God's word than what I have been taught. This is such an amazing tool to help people to understand the letter that the Lord sent us , not to judge people as we only have one Judge. I have a son in Palestine trying to share the Gospel message to Arab's and Jew's also. Much appreciated and I consider you a great friend. Respectfully. Mike Guerrero
October 23, 2023
Very useful book for anyone interested in a broad survey of Jewish anti-missionary claims. But my favorite part is the first section, which gave much additional insight into the messianic prophecies of the Old Testament. Learning about the many ways that rabbis have twisted (or even completely changed!) their own scripture to erase Jesus was eye-opening as well.
Key takeaways:
1. Not only do the Messianic prophecies in the Hebrew Scriptures point to Christ as the Messiah, but later rabbinic interpretations of such prophecies (centuries after the coming of Christ) also paint a picture of the long-expected Messiah that really only resembles the Jesus of Nazareth attested to in the Gospels. It wasn't until the middle ages when rabbis were faced with the arguments of Christian evangelists, basing their Christian claims on the Jews' own scriptures, that those interpretations changed.
2. The New Testament is the most fitting and reasonable continuation of the Old, far more so than the Talmud or the "Oral Law" held to by the Jewish sages.
A couple things this book could have been done better:
CITATIONS and FOOTNOTES - There are inline citations but often they're not very thorough, usually just stating the name of the book or the rabbi/scholar the quote is take from. It would take some considerable effort on the part of the reader to find quotes in many the sources he mentions because of this, which may hurt its credibility to skeptics and seeking Jews (the author's intended audience). Not ideal for sure.
Also it's very broad in its survey of rabbinic claims against Christ as the Messiah, but in many instances it doesn't give as thorough an investigation or refutation as I would prefer. Often it just gives a quote to present the anti-Christian claim then gives a brief refutation; granted sometimes brevity is all that's necessary because many of the arguments are plainly ridiculous and groundless to anyone that has read the New Testament (or Old for that matter). I understand that the information in this book is compiled from One for Israel videos so this is understandable, and many important points are handled more rigorously, such as the impossibility of keeping to the Torah without the Temple and blood sacrifice.
Key takeaways:
1. Not only do the Messianic prophecies in the Hebrew Scriptures point to Christ as the Messiah, but later rabbinic interpretations of such prophecies (centuries after the coming of Christ) also paint a picture of the long-expected Messiah that really only resembles the Jesus of Nazareth attested to in the Gospels. It wasn't until the middle ages when rabbis were faced with the arguments of Christian evangelists, basing their Christian claims on the Jews' own scriptures, that those interpretations changed.
2. The New Testament is the most fitting and reasonable continuation of the Old, far more so than the Talmud or the "Oral Law" held to by the Jewish sages.
A couple things this book could have been done better:
CITATIONS and FOOTNOTES - There are inline citations but often they're not very thorough, usually just stating the name of the book or the rabbi/scholar the quote is take from. It would take some considerable effort on the part of the reader to find quotes in many the sources he mentions because of this, which may hurt its credibility to skeptics and seeking Jews (the author's intended audience). Not ideal for sure.
Also it's very broad in its survey of rabbinic claims against Christ as the Messiah, but in many instances it doesn't give as thorough an investigation or refutation as I would prefer. Often it just gives a quote to present the anti-Christian claim then gives a brief refutation; granted sometimes brevity is all that's necessary because many of the arguments are plainly ridiculous and groundless to anyone that has read the New Testament (or Old for that matter). I understand that the information in this book is compiled from One for Israel videos so this is understandable, and many important points are handled more rigorously, such as the impossibility of keeping to the Torah without the Temple and blood sacrifice.
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March 4, 2020Refuting Rabbinic Objections To Christianity & Messianic Prophecies
by Eitan Bar
published by ONE FOR ISRAEL (www.oneforisrael.org)
(deutsche Übersetzung folgt)
now available by Amazon
Important contribution to the inner-Jewish Dialogue, important also for Christians
This book by Eitan Bar, a Jewish writer from Israel, makes a significant contribution to the inner-Jewish dialogue. At the same time, it is an important document for Christians who want to understand why a Jew named Jesus, after whom world history has been calssified as "before" and "after Christ", is still rejected as the Jewish Messiah by 99.7% of Jews presently living in Israel. This extremely carefully researched work uses many quotations to document as to how leading rabbis deal with the person of Jesus and his teachings. The first part discusses some of the most important messianic prophecies of the Old Testament. The second part contains the most common theses put forward by the rabbinical side as to why Jesus cannot be the Messiah the Bible speaks of. In contrast, the author shows how these promises were fulfilled by Jesus like no other one did. In a third part, special teachings of rabbinical Judaism are discussed, which the author considers to be particularly problematic and which as he sees it contradict the spirit and letter of biblical revelation. The author pleads for a Judaism which is based on the authority of the Holy Scriptures, on the Tanach, the so-called Old Testament. He makes it clear that the New Testament which is fought against vigorously by rabbis, is only the necessary and natural completion of God's written revelation in the Old Testament, without which it would remain largely in the dark. Without the New Testament he believes the Old Testament is incomplete and cannot be fullly understood, and conversely the New Testament can only be understood fully on the basis of the Old Testament. It is irritating, for example, how rabbis limit the general commandment of "loving your neighbour as yourself" from Leviticus 19:18 only to fellow Jews, and within them only to those who follow their special rabbinical teachings as they are written down in Mishna and Talmud with all their contradictions and as they are taught in the Jeshivas, the rabbinical schools. This restriction of God's commandment seems to breath the spirit of racism. Even more irritating is the attitude of leading rabbis to the position of women in society, which the author confirms with many quotations from the past and from present rabbinical leaders. This work, compiled after years of careful studies, is an important contribution to the inner-Jewish dialogue, which deserves the widest distribution, not only among Jews, but also among Christians who are interested in a biblical basis for their faith. It‘s a pity hat this book has only been published in English so far.
Refuting Rabbinic Objections To
Christianity & Messianic Prophecies
(Zurückweisung Rabbinischer Vorwürfe gegenüber
dem Christentum und den messianischen Prophezeiungen der Bibel)
von Eitan Bar
erschienen bei dem Verlag „ONE FOR ISRAEL“ (www.oneforisrael.org)
jetzt erhältlich bei Amazon
Dieses Buch von Eitan Bar, einem jüdischen Schriftsteller aus Israel, stellt einen bedeutsamen Beitrag zum innerjüdischen Dialog dar. Zugleich ist es ein wichtiges Dokument für Christen, die verstehen wollen, warum der Jude namens Jesus von Nazareth, nach dem schließlich die Weltgeschichte in „vor“ und „nach Christus“ eingeteilt wird, noch heute von 99,7 % der in Israel lebenden Juden als Messias abgelehnt wird. Dieses äußerst sorgfältig recherchierte Werk dokumentiert anhand vieler Zitate, wie führende Rabbiner mit der Person Jesu und seinen Lehren umgehen. In einem ersten Teil werden einige der bedeutsamsten messianischen Prophezeiungen des Alten Testaments besprochen. Im zweiten Teil werden die häufigsten von rabbinischer Seite vorgetragenen Thesen erörtert, weshalb Jesus auf keinen Fall der Messias sein könne, von dem die Bibel spricht. Dem gegenüber zeigt der Autor auf, wie diese Verheißungen durch Jesus in vollkommener Weise und wie von keinem anderen erfüllt wurden. In einem dritten Teil wird auf Sonderlehren des rabbinischen Judentums eingegangen, die der Autor für äußerst problematisch hält und die aus seiner Sicht dem Geist und dem Buchstaben der biblischen Offenbarung offen widersprechen. So plädiert der Autor für ein Judentum, das ausdrücklich an der Autorität der Heiligen Schrift orientiert und auf dieser gegründet ist, auf dem Tanach, dem sog. Alten Testament. Dabei macht er deutlich, dass das von Rabbinern heftig bekämpfte Neue Testament nur die notwendige Ergänzung und die natürliche Vollendung der schriftlichen Offenbarung Gottes im Alten Testaments ist, ohne die diese in weiten Teilen im Dunkeln bleiben würde. Das Alte ist ohne das Neue Testament unvollständig und nicht zu verstehen, und umgekehrt ist das Neue Testament erst auf dem Boden des Alten Testaments voll zu begreifen. Erschreckend ist, wie etwa das generelle Gebot der Nächstenliebe aus Leviticus 19,18 von Rabbinern lediglich auf jüdische Mitmenschen bezogen wird, und das auch nur auf auf solche, die ausschließlich ihren rabbinischen Lehren folgen, wie sie in Mischna und Talmud in all ihrer Widersprüchlichkeit dargelegt sind und wie sie in den Jeshivas, den rabbinischen Lehranstalten gelehrt werden. Diese Einschränkung des Nächstenliebe-Gebots Gottes trägt unverhohlene rassistische Züge. Noch erschreckender ist die offizielle Einstellung führender Rabbiner zur Stellung der Frau in der Gesellschaft, die der Autor durch viele Zitate aus Vergangenheit und Gegenwart belegt. Dieses nach jahrelangen sorgfältigen Studien zusammengestellte Werk ist ein bedeutender Beitrag zum innerjüdischen Dialog, der weiteste Verbreitung verdient, nicht nur unter Juden, sondern gerade auch unter Christen, die an einer biblischen Grundlage ihres Glaubens interessiert sind. Schade, dass dieses Buch bisher nur in Englischer Sprache erschienen ist.
by Eitan Bar
published by ONE FOR ISRAEL (www.oneforisrael.org)
(deutsche Übersetzung folgt)
now available by Amazon
Important contribution to the inner-Jewish Dialogue, important also for Christians
This book by Eitan Bar, a Jewish writer from Israel, makes a significant contribution to the inner-Jewish dialogue. At the same time, it is an important document for Christians who want to understand why a Jew named Jesus, after whom world history has been calssified as "before" and "after Christ", is still rejected as the Jewish Messiah by 99.7% of Jews presently living in Israel. This extremely carefully researched work uses many quotations to document as to how leading rabbis deal with the person of Jesus and his teachings. The first part discusses some of the most important messianic prophecies of the Old Testament. The second part contains the most common theses put forward by the rabbinical side as to why Jesus cannot be the Messiah the Bible speaks of. In contrast, the author shows how these promises were fulfilled by Jesus like no other one did. In a third part, special teachings of rabbinical Judaism are discussed, which the author considers to be particularly problematic and which as he sees it contradict the spirit and letter of biblical revelation. The author pleads for a Judaism which is based on the authority of the Holy Scriptures, on the Tanach, the so-called Old Testament. He makes it clear that the New Testament which is fought against vigorously by rabbis, is only the necessary and natural completion of God's written revelation in the Old Testament, without which it would remain largely in the dark. Without the New Testament he believes the Old Testament is incomplete and cannot be fullly understood, and conversely the New Testament can only be understood fully on the basis of the Old Testament. It is irritating, for example, how rabbis limit the general commandment of "loving your neighbour as yourself" from Leviticus 19:18 only to fellow Jews, and within them only to those who follow their special rabbinical teachings as they are written down in Mishna and Talmud with all their contradictions and as they are taught in the Jeshivas, the rabbinical schools. This restriction of God's commandment seems to breath the spirit of racism. Even more irritating is the attitude of leading rabbis to the position of women in society, which the author confirms with many quotations from the past and from present rabbinical leaders. This work, compiled after years of careful studies, is an important contribution to the inner-Jewish dialogue, which deserves the widest distribution, not only among Jews, but also among Christians who are interested in a biblical basis for their faith. It‘s a pity hat this book has only been published in English so far.
Refuting Rabbinic Objections To
Christianity & Messianic Prophecies
(Zurückweisung Rabbinischer Vorwürfe gegenüber
dem Christentum und den messianischen Prophezeiungen der Bibel)
von Eitan Bar
erschienen bei dem Verlag „ONE FOR ISRAEL“ (www.oneforisrael.org)
jetzt erhältlich bei Amazon
Dieses Buch von Eitan Bar, einem jüdischen Schriftsteller aus Israel, stellt einen bedeutsamen Beitrag zum innerjüdischen Dialog dar. Zugleich ist es ein wichtiges Dokument für Christen, die verstehen wollen, warum der Jude namens Jesus von Nazareth, nach dem schließlich die Weltgeschichte in „vor“ und „nach Christus“ eingeteilt wird, noch heute von 99,7 % der in Israel lebenden Juden als Messias abgelehnt wird. Dieses äußerst sorgfältig recherchierte Werk dokumentiert anhand vieler Zitate, wie führende Rabbiner mit der Person Jesu und seinen Lehren umgehen. In einem ersten Teil werden einige der bedeutsamsten messianischen Prophezeiungen des Alten Testaments besprochen. Im zweiten Teil werden die häufigsten von rabbinischer Seite vorgetragenen Thesen erörtert, weshalb Jesus auf keinen Fall der Messias sein könne, von dem die Bibel spricht. Dem gegenüber zeigt der Autor auf, wie diese Verheißungen durch Jesus in vollkommener Weise und wie von keinem anderen erfüllt wurden. In einem dritten Teil wird auf Sonderlehren des rabbinischen Judentums eingegangen, die der Autor für äußerst problematisch hält und die aus seiner Sicht dem Geist und dem Buchstaben der biblischen Offenbarung offen widersprechen. So plädiert der Autor für ein Judentum, das ausdrücklich an der Autorität der Heiligen Schrift orientiert und auf dieser gegründet ist, auf dem Tanach, dem sog. Alten Testament. Dabei macht er deutlich, dass das von Rabbinern heftig bekämpfte Neue Testament nur die notwendige Ergänzung und die natürliche Vollendung der schriftlichen Offenbarung Gottes im Alten Testaments ist, ohne die diese in weiten Teilen im Dunkeln bleiben würde. Das Alte ist ohne das Neue Testament unvollständig und nicht zu verstehen, und umgekehrt ist das Neue Testament erst auf dem Boden des Alten Testaments voll zu begreifen. Erschreckend ist, wie etwa das generelle Gebot der Nächstenliebe aus Leviticus 19,18 von Rabbinern lediglich auf jüdische Mitmenschen bezogen wird, und das auch nur auf auf solche, die ausschließlich ihren rabbinischen Lehren folgen, wie sie in Mischna und Talmud in all ihrer Widersprüchlichkeit dargelegt sind und wie sie in den Jeshivas, den rabbinischen Lehranstalten gelehrt werden. Diese Einschränkung des Nächstenliebe-Gebots Gottes trägt unverhohlene rassistische Züge. Noch erschreckender ist die offizielle Einstellung führender Rabbiner zur Stellung der Frau in der Gesellschaft, die der Autor durch viele Zitate aus Vergangenheit und Gegenwart belegt. Dieses nach jahrelangen sorgfältigen Studien zusammengestellte Werk ist ein bedeutender Beitrag zum innerjüdischen Dialog, der weiteste Verbreitung verdient, nicht nur unter Juden, sondern gerade auch unter Christen, die an einer biblischen Grundlage ihres Glaubens interessiert sind. Schade, dass dieses Buch bisher nur in Englischer Sprache erschienen ist.
February 2, 2019
Excellent reference
I have been listening to both sides of the Jesus as Messiah issue. I have come out of traditional christianity and have had to consider every aspect of my belief system. I have tried to be open, honest and fair. I'm damaged goods - this isn't some purely intellectual issue for me. The stakes are way too high. I've grown frustrated with the Christian apologists one side, the Rabbis on the other, and everyone consigning everyone else to hell because of their differing beliefs. Meanwhile, there are loads of people like me who are sick of religious and political systems who simply want an end to personal failure and peace with the Almighty who seems to be poorly represented by His ambassadors. I'm half way through this book, but so far it is, for me, a breath of fresh air. I may write more later.
I have been listening to both sides of the Jesus as Messiah issue. I have come out of traditional christianity and have had to consider every aspect of my belief system. I have tried to be open, honest and fair. I'm damaged goods - this isn't some purely intellectual issue for me. The stakes are way too high. I've grown frustrated with the Christian apologists one side, the Rabbis on the other, and everyone consigning everyone else to hell because of their differing beliefs. Meanwhile, there are loads of people like me who are sick of religious and political systems who simply want an end to personal failure and peace with the Almighty who seems to be poorly represented by His ambassadors. I'm half way through this book, but so far it is, for me, a breath of fresh air. I may write more later.
September 25, 2022
As a Jew, I went into this book with an open mind and with hope that Bar would have deeper arguments than the standard Evangelical preacher. I have studied the divergence of Christianity from Judaism for 2 years and this is one figure among many, Tovia Singer, Michael Skobac, Michael Brown, ect. That I’ve learned from. But instead, Bar’s arguments are no more profound than a normal evangelists preacher, with the only difference being that he can use his Jewishness to say things that would make a gentile preacher be accused of white supremacy.
Firstly, Bar does not actually address arguments Jewish counter-missionaries use to refute Christianity. Rather he argues against the legitimacy of the Talmud and Zohar, and other Rabbinical commentaries. This is even more bizarre, because at times he uses these sources to give support to Jesus’s messiahship. Such a method to argue for Christianity is not good, because counter-missionaries, such as Singer, hardly ever refer to the Talmud, and simply use the Hebrew Bible.
Secondly, Bar tries to argue that the New Testament accurately quotes the Hebrew Bible by discrediting the Masoretic Hebrew in favor of the Septuagint. In the Hebrew Bible, there is no “I AM” statement, Psalm 22:16 reads “Like a Lion” and there is no virgin birth prophecy. Despite what the Church and Bar might claim, the Dead Sea Scrolls that these verses weren’t altered by the Masoretes. Despite this, Bar claims that the Septuagint is closer to what the Hebrew Bible was than the modernly used, Masoretic Hebrew. If he actually believed this there is a problem. Bar is an evangelical Protestant, and the protestants reject the Catholic Church partly because they Catholics use the Septuagint, which has extra chapters of Esther and Daniel among other verses. Will Bar tell the protestant denominations to use these in their Old Testaments? He will not, because the Protestants accept the authority of the Masoretic Hebrew and only ignore the verses they need to mistranslate to support Christology.
For someone who speaks Hebrew natively and has an education background in these languages, Bar never actually refers to the Hebrew, and solely speaks to his audience through translations. This is because Bar is not writing as a Jew for a Jewish audience to prove Jesus is the Jewish messiah. Rather this is for gentile Christians to give them a sense of security when wondering about Jewish objections to Christianity. This makes the later portions of his book so dangerous.
Thirdly, having failed to give new insights into why Jews should accept Jesus as the Messiah, Bar than resorts to other methods that appeal to emotion rather than fact. In part two and three, he uses Argumentum ad populum by citing well known figures such as Einstein, Newton and MLK, as well as the fact that Christianity is the world’s current largest religion to prove the Christian claim. However, just because people have positive opinions about Jesus or his teachings, does not mean he’s the Messiah, and while Christianity may be the world’s most popular religion, evangelical protestants, like Bar, are the first to say that only a fraction of them are “Ture Christians” Such double standards litter all evangelical material that it shakes their legitimacy.
Fourthly, Bar quotes truly repugnant things from Rabbinical literature and the Talmud: horrendous misogyny, commandments to believe rabbis even if they say things that don’t make sense, or statements that Gentiles are beasts, than he states that these prove that Judaism, or more specifically, Rabbinical Judaism, should be abandoned and accuses Rabbis of making up Rabbinical Judaism to preserve power and collect money.
What is dangerous about this is that all religions, especially Christianity, have the same fault. Innumerable Christian theologians have made openly racist and genocidal claims against Jews in Christianity’s long history, and have acted upon them, and the apostle Paul had his one misogynistic teachings regarding women; ( 1 Corinthians 14:35)( 1 Timothy 2:12)
Failing to make clear that Judaism is only one of many religions that have had an issue with false teachers has the effect of making Judaism seam uniquely flawed, and we don’t know what the long term effects of that will be as this is mostly spread to a gentile audience that wont here opposing viewpoints. In my own experience, I’ve seen numerous anti-Semites use these points to make Jews seam uniquely evil.
Finally, Bar finishes his book with the same problem he had at the beginning. He does not actually refute arguments made by counter-missionaries. Tovia Singer or Jews for Judaism are never once mentioned in the book. This is because Bar and every evangelist knows that they cant actually prove the Christian Message in an even-footed debate and can’t even risk their audience learning these people exist. Bar would have the gentile Church imagine their enemy as a faceless, shadowy, black and white wearing rabbi that can be subject to wild imagination than a tangible opponent. This book will only increase the rift between Jews and Christians, it will not bring them closer together.
Firstly, Bar does not actually address arguments Jewish counter-missionaries use to refute Christianity. Rather he argues against the legitimacy of the Talmud and Zohar, and other Rabbinical commentaries. This is even more bizarre, because at times he uses these sources to give support to Jesus’s messiahship. Such a method to argue for Christianity is not good, because counter-missionaries, such as Singer, hardly ever refer to the Talmud, and simply use the Hebrew Bible.
Secondly, Bar tries to argue that the New Testament accurately quotes the Hebrew Bible by discrediting the Masoretic Hebrew in favor of the Septuagint. In the Hebrew Bible, there is no “I AM” statement, Psalm 22:16 reads “Like a Lion” and there is no virgin birth prophecy. Despite what the Church and Bar might claim, the Dead Sea Scrolls that these verses weren’t altered by the Masoretes. Despite this, Bar claims that the Septuagint is closer to what the Hebrew Bible was than the modernly used, Masoretic Hebrew. If he actually believed this there is a problem. Bar is an evangelical Protestant, and the protestants reject the Catholic Church partly because they Catholics use the Septuagint, which has extra chapters of Esther and Daniel among other verses. Will Bar tell the protestant denominations to use these in their Old Testaments? He will not, because the Protestants accept the authority of the Masoretic Hebrew and only ignore the verses they need to mistranslate to support Christology.
For someone who speaks Hebrew natively and has an education background in these languages, Bar never actually refers to the Hebrew, and solely speaks to his audience through translations. This is because Bar is not writing as a Jew for a Jewish audience to prove Jesus is the Jewish messiah. Rather this is for gentile Christians to give them a sense of security when wondering about Jewish objections to Christianity. This makes the later portions of his book so dangerous.
Thirdly, having failed to give new insights into why Jews should accept Jesus as the Messiah, Bar than resorts to other methods that appeal to emotion rather than fact. In part two and three, he uses Argumentum ad populum by citing well known figures such as Einstein, Newton and MLK, as well as the fact that Christianity is the world’s current largest religion to prove the Christian claim. However, just because people have positive opinions about Jesus or his teachings, does not mean he’s the Messiah, and while Christianity may be the world’s most popular religion, evangelical protestants, like Bar, are the first to say that only a fraction of them are “Ture Christians” Such double standards litter all evangelical material that it shakes their legitimacy.
Fourthly, Bar quotes truly repugnant things from Rabbinical literature and the Talmud: horrendous misogyny, commandments to believe rabbis even if they say things that don’t make sense, or statements that Gentiles are beasts, than he states that these prove that Judaism, or more specifically, Rabbinical Judaism, should be abandoned and accuses Rabbis of making up Rabbinical Judaism to preserve power and collect money.
What is dangerous about this is that all religions, especially Christianity, have the same fault. Innumerable Christian theologians have made openly racist and genocidal claims against Jews in Christianity’s long history, and have acted upon them, and the apostle Paul had his one misogynistic teachings regarding women; ( 1 Corinthians 14:35)( 1 Timothy 2:12)
Failing to make clear that Judaism is only one of many religions that have had an issue with false teachers has the effect of making Judaism seam uniquely flawed, and we don’t know what the long term effects of that will be as this is mostly spread to a gentile audience that wont here opposing viewpoints. In my own experience, I’ve seen numerous anti-Semites use these points to make Jews seam uniquely evil.
Finally, Bar finishes his book with the same problem he had at the beginning. He does not actually refute arguments made by counter-missionaries. Tovia Singer or Jews for Judaism are never once mentioned in the book. This is because Bar and every evangelist knows that they cant actually prove the Christian Message in an even-footed debate and can’t even risk their audience learning these people exist. Bar would have the gentile Church imagine their enemy as a faceless, shadowy, black and white wearing rabbi that can be subject to wild imagination than a tangible opponent. This book will only increase the rift between Jews and Christians, it will not bring them closer together.
November 7, 2022
It was very refreshing to read this book by Eitan Bar, a Jewish Christian. He knows Christianity and taught me some things about it! I greatly recommend you read this book if you are Jewish and curious about Christianity or Christ or you have any dealings with a rabbi.
Like most people I was no expert on rabbis so this book was quite the eye opener! I assumed that they were experts in the old covenant as described by Moses in the old testament. I was shocked to learn they have rejected the Old Testament and replaced it with countless traditions and rules! None of them from God! This stupidity goes back to before Jesus in an effort for the rabbis to have power, influence and control over the Jewish people.
The shocker is they do this not to help their people but to control them for their own selfish interests! Jesus lost His life because He dared to criticize these religious leaders for their power hungry ignorance! This is why rabbis don’t recognize Jesus as the Messiah or especially the New Testament.
This rabbinical cult has been going on for so long it’s part of the Jewish culture! So much so that even non-religious Jews respect the rabbis and their beliefs! These rabbis have made it illegal for anyone to buy or sell a new testament in Israel!!
Here are some telling quotes from a few of them: Rabbi Eliezer Berland: “A woman doesn’t think and lacks the double brain a man has.”
Rabbi Isaac Cohen: “Daughters are a punishment to their parents…also “In the true world they will see; a woman is a bag full of excrement.”
Rabbi Tzadik, Priest of Lublin, claimed: “Only Israel is called ‘human’. In comparison to Israel all the gentiles are anyhow like beasts that just look human.”
Final recommendation from the author: Don’t count on these psychopaths (my description) and don’t allow them to think for you. Don’t let pressure from your family or fear of what others might think prevent you from following the truth – from following God.
Like most people I was no expert on rabbis so this book was quite the eye opener! I assumed that they were experts in the old covenant as described by Moses in the old testament. I was shocked to learn they have rejected the Old Testament and replaced it with countless traditions and rules! None of them from God! This stupidity goes back to before Jesus in an effort for the rabbis to have power, influence and control over the Jewish people.
The shocker is they do this not to help their people but to control them for their own selfish interests! Jesus lost His life because He dared to criticize these religious leaders for their power hungry ignorance! This is why rabbis don’t recognize Jesus as the Messiah or especially the New Testament.
This rabbinical cult has been going on for so long it’s part of the Jewish culture! So much so that even non-religious Jews respect the rabbis and their beliefs! These rabbis have made it illegal for anyone to buy or sell a new testament in Israel!!
Here are some telling quotes from a few of them: Rabbi Eliezer Berland: “A woman doesn’t think and lacks the double brain a man has.”
Rabbi Isaac Cohen: “Daughters are a punishment to their parents…also “In the true world they will see; a woman is a bag full of excrement.”
Rabbi Tzadik, Priest of Lublin, claimed: “Only Israel is called ‘human’. In comparison to Israel all the gentiles are anyhow like beasts that just look human.”
Final recommendation from the author: Don’t count on these psychopaths (my description) and don’t allow them to think for you. Don’t let pressure from your family or fear of what others might think prevent you from following the truth – from following God.
June 17, 2025
Though it has been a while since I listened to this audiobook, I recall Bar's approach was sometimes to point out ancient Jewish interpretations on various "messianic" prophecies that the New Testament references, which show other Jews were thinking these passages pointed to a Messiah in a similar manner as the gospel. Bar thus shows that, within the bizarre way the ancients used and interpreted their scriptures, the Jewish Christians' eisegesis wasn't that far removed from how other Jews at the time may have read some of these texts.
I remember listening to an audiobook by Amy Jill Levin that looked at ancient Christian and Jewish interpretations of these messianic texts, especially Rabbinic interpretations that followed Christianity, and I remember being struck by just how ludicrous and odd the counter interpretations were. It seemed refuting the Christians' eisegesis would have been low-hanging fruit, since a mere reference to the literary and historical context and likely intended meaning of the supposed "messianic prophecies" dispels any certainty as to their pointing to Jesus. For example, rather than pointing out that the Messiah coming out of Egypt was not actually predicted in Hosea (overwhelmingly obvious if the context is consulted), instead, they would make some elaborate and off-the-wall counterinterpretation that equally had nothing at all to do with the plain reading of the text. It just demonstrates how a historical and grammatical reading of the bible wasn't even on the table for the ancients as a live option.
Anyhow, if we look at the literary context, I don't think there is a clear messianic prophecy that Jesus fulfilled; instead, we have parallels--sometimes Jesus' life seemed to mirror Israel. We could also say that broadly speaking, the OT seems to be pointing to--looking forward to Jesus, not in the sense of individual predictive passages, but in the sense of a direction of a story. Not in the sense of individual predictive passages, but in the sense of the whole. But that is a speculative and interpretative reading. It does not surprise me at all, that most Jews did not believe in Jesus and still don't today.
I remember listening to an audiobook by Amy Jill Levin that looked at ancient Christian and Jewish interpretations of these messianic texts, especially Rabbinic interpretations that followed Christianity, and I remember being struck by just how ludicrous and odd the counter interpretations were. It seemed refuting the Christians' eisegesis would have been low-hanging fruit, since a mere reference to the literary and historical context and likely intended meaning of the supposed "messianic prophecies" dispels any certainty as to their pointing to Jesus. For example, rather than pointing out that the Messiah coming out of Egypt was not actually predicted in Hosea (overwhelmingly obvious if the context is consulted), instead, they would make some elaborate and off-the-wall counterinterpretation that equally had nothing at all to do with the plain reading of the text. It just demonstrates how a historical and grammatical reading of the bible wasn't even on the table for the ancients as a live option.
Anyhow, if we look at the literary context, I don't think there is a clear messianic prophecy that Jesus fulfilled; instead, we have parallels--sometimes Jesus' life seemed to mirror Israel. We could also say that broadly speaking, the OT seems to be pointing to--looking forward to Jesus, not in the sense of individual predictive passages, but in the sense of a direction of a story. Not in the sense of individual predictive passages, but in the sense of the whole. But that is a speculative and interpretative reading. It does not surprise me at all, that most Jews did not believe in Jesus and still don't today.
September 10, 2022
This is a must read for those who are deeply searching for Truth. Most important to state here; Biblical Truth, and from a knowledgeable, profound and highly credible young man. Not trying to tickle ears here...this is a "brilliant" work! And I mean, it shines profusely.
Matthew 7:7-9
"7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
As the Holy Bible also says; "you have not, because you ask not" Verse-James 4:2.
And what a revelation this should be to the common man, a common sense way of seeking Truth. Ask and you shall receive. Hello!
Eitan dives deep and reveals what he has had revealed to him through due diligence of doing just that, seeking, asking and finding, and shares his passion and results with those who are on the same mission...seeking his and our Messiah and ultimately desiring a deep relationship with God!
If you are someone who is struggling with the Truth of Who the Personhood of God IS, I highly recommend this book! You will find The Messiah indeed!
Revelation 3:20
"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."
Hmmm, Someone knocks at your door, the door to your searching heart, you can't ignore this calling, unless you aren't human. This isn't about changing someones heritage, this is about transforming one's heart!
Very excellent read.
Clear and precise scholarly rabbinical sources and resources, Eitan gets to the core of what we all need to know, that nothing is Hid from God (Hebrews 4:13)...and He isn't Hiding from us either!
Hallelujah Amen!
Get this book!
Matthew 7:7-9
"7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
As the Holy Bible also says; "you have not, because you ask not" Verse-James 4:2.
And what a revelation this should be to the common man, a common sense way of seeking Truth. Ask and you shall receive. Hello!
Eitan dives deep and reveals what he has had revealed to him through due diligence of doing just that, seeking, asking and finding, and shares his passion and results with those who are on the same mission...seeking his and our Messiah and ultimately desiring a deep relationship with God!
If you are someone who is struggling with the Truth of Who the Personhood of God IS, I highly recommend this book! You will find The Messiah indeed!
Revelation 3:20
"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."
Hmmm, Someone knocks at your door, the door to your searching heart, you can't ignore this calling, unless you aren't human. This isn't about changing someones heritage, this is about transforming one's heart!
Very excellent read.
Clear and precise scholarly rabbinical sources and resources, Eitan gets to the core of what we all need to know, that nothing is Hid from God (Hebrews 4:13)...and He isn't Hiding from us either!
Hallelujah Amen!
Get this book!
March 12, 2023
According to the author, the Rabbis in Israel send around pamphlets arguing why Jesus is not the Messiah. The objective of this book is to counter those arguments.
Knowing the purpose of this writing helps to make sense of the lack of balance in this book. These days, radicalism and extremism are everywhere and what we need is more balance and intellectual honesty (IMO).
In my opinion, this book is a family argument that should stay in the family. When Gentile Christians or others, get their hands on this book, it is only going to further the rise in antisemitism. There is no lack of conspiracy regarding the rabbis and all the supposed evil plans they have. In a similar way, people take the comments of Jesus to also further their antisemitism, instead of interpreting it as a rebuke among brothers.
Also, what I found upsetting were the arguments regarding the Jewish religious leaders because these could be *easily* said about modern Christianity (if we are being honest and balanced). If you want to accuse people of deception, make sure your camp isn't guilty of the same.
- Following tradition over scripture
- Abusive leaders
- Following leaders without question
- Dishonesty regarding the texts
It feels very much like the speck and beam analogy.
There were also many instances of citations that were needed on various quotes or teachings that were missing.
I follow One for Israel online and I like many of their articles and have learned a lot, but this one was not for me.
There are other groups who do not approach Judaism in this regard. I would recommend these authors for more balanced approach regarding the Jewish writings:
-Brad H. Young
-D. Thomas Lancaster
-Messianic Apologetics/ JK Mckee
-Mark Kinzer
Knowing the purpose of this writing helps to make sense of the lack of balance in this book. These days, radicalism and extremism are everywhere and what we need is more balance and intellectual honesty (IMO).
In my opinion, this book is a family argument that should stay in the family. When Gentile Christians or others, get their hands on this book, it is only going to further the rise in antisemitism. There is no lack of conspiracy regarding the rabbis and all the supposed evil plans they have. In a similar way, people take the comments of Jesus to also further their antisemitism, instead of interpreting it as a rebuke among brothers.
Also, what I found upsetting were the arguments regarding the Jewish religious leaders because these could be *easily* said about modern Christianity (if we are being honest and balanced). If you want to accuse people of deception, make sure your camp isn't guilty of the same.
- Following tradition over scripture
- Abusive leaders
- Following leaders without question
- Dishonesty regarding the texts
It feels very much like the speck and beam analogy.
There were also many instances of citations that were needed on various quotes or teachings that were missing.
I follow One for Israel online and I like many of their articles and have learned a lot, but this one was not for me.
There are other groups who do not approach Judaism in this regard. I would recommend these authors for more balanced approach regarding the Jewish writings:
-Brad H. Young
-D. Thomas Lancaster
-Messianic Apologetics/ JK Mckee
-Mark Kinzer
October 10, 2019
This is an amazing book and I recommend it to any believer in Yeshua (Jesus) and also to our brothers and sisters of the tribe of Judah! Absolutely accurate, biblical, and concise. Eitan Bar explains the word of God and the prophesies concerning Him USING SCRIPTURE and not conjecture and false claims like so many love to do. He does not take the word of God out of context and keeps to the gospel message of hope in Messiah and faith in Him is the only way to the father.
I was once a gentile, but because of the blood of Messiah being shed for my sake, I am now a Hebrew (crossed over one) and share in the inheritance of Abraham with my brothers and sisters BECAUSE OF CHRIST, not Judaism! I cannot overstate the great need for this message to spread to all people, regardless of bloodline, of which we cannot 100%prove anyway, as Eitan explains. The only thing that matters is faith in Messiah and once saved,allowing him through the Holy Spirit to show us the way to keep his perfect instructions (Torah). Thank you so much for this book Eitan and may God bless you and keep you.
Shalom brother.
I was once a gentile, but because of the blood of Messiah being shed for my sake, I am now a Hebrew (crossed over one) and share in the inheritance of Abraham with my brothers and sisters BECAUSE OF CHRIST, not Judaism! I cannot overstate the great need for this message to spread to all people, regardless of bloodline, of which we cannot 100%prove anyway, as Eitan explains. The only thing that matters is faith in Messiah and once saved,allowing him through the Holy Spirit to show us the way to keep his perfect instructions (Torah). Thank you so much for this book Eitan and may God bless you and keep you.
Shalom brother.
April 30, 2020
Eiten Bar/One for Israel certainly are unique because they fully understand Jewishness, firmly grasp the message of the Bible (Old and New), and of God's plan- that God's people need the Messiah, that all of human kind, are lost without Him. It is unfortunate that man takes advantage of man, all in the name of God, which makes it more damning for them and the unsuspecting people. God's Way, the Messiah, Yeshua, is so amazing if we can only be still enough to see, hear, grasp, to surrender to His will. HE>i. The work that One for Israel is doing for the Jewish people will not be in vain, turning one toward God is the goal but, forcing them is not the Way. It is a personal choice, giving people (Jew and Gentile alike) God's Word, untainted by man, and let the Spirit of God work on humanities heart is all we can do. The clues are all there if we can only perceive. Be still and know He is God. Us Gentile Believers or Netzari are part of God's Grand Plan and are thankful for the Word being spread, hopeful that more will see His Light, and prayful that the Messiah's second coming is as Glorious as is written/Prophesied.
May 13, 2020
Dynamic Book
I wish that every Jewish person as well as Christians would read this book. I pray that more Jewish people would know Yeshua ( Jesus ) as Messiah , so they could truly become the light to the rest of world as God called them to be. I believe what this Author says is very much true . I would however like to ask him how he knows the exact day of Yeshua's death since many people seem to be confused about this . Many think He died on the same day the Passover lambs were killed ,but if that were true how did he eat the seder and sing the Hallel before He was arrested that night ? Mk 14: 12-26. I would also like to know where in the Bible does it say that God killed animals to make coats for Adam and Eve ? All of the Bibles I have just say coats of skin. To me this is symbolic of the Torah and also the Messiah In other words the word of God will be made flesh . The word of God protects mankind more than false gods made of wood. The fig leaves that Adam and Eve are wearing is symbolic of false gods that can do nothing and that is why Yeshua destroyed the fig tree . Lk 13: 6-9
I wish that every Jewish person as well as Christians would read this book. I pray that more Jewish people would know Yeshua ( Jesus ) as Messiah , so they could truly become the light to the rest of world as God called them to be. I believe what this Author says is very much true . I would however like to ask him how he knows the exact day of Yeshua's death since many people seem to be confused about this . Many think He died on the same day the Passover lambs were killed ,but if that were true how did he eat the seder and sing the Hallel before He was arrested that night ? Mk 14: 12-26. I would also like to know where in the Bible does it say that God killed animals to make coats for Adam and Eve ? All of the Bibles I have just say coats of skin. To me this is symbolic of the Torah and also the Messiah In other words the word of God will be made flesh . The word of God protects mankind more than false gods made of wood. The fig leaves that Adam and Eve are wearing is symbolic of false gods that can do nothing and that is why Yeshua destroyed the fig tree . Lk 13: 6-9
May 19, 2021
Good book
This is a good book about how to refute Rabbinic Objections. I found that they didn’t relate to early Christian writings on the same topic when debating Jews. A couple arguments could have been strengthened as there is more out there that has been written and dealt with in the last 2,000 years by others in the church.
One argument, for instance, that was completely overlooked when discussing the Trinity is that the Hebrew word “echad”, used to describe the oneness of God in the Shema. It is the same word used in Genesis 2 to describe the oneness of Adam and Eve. It’s a plural one. Moshe could have used a singular one in the Hebrew to describe God, but he chose the plural form of one. This word could help strengthen his Trinitarian argument. Overall, a good read. Would recommend to other Jews looking into the Christian faith.
This is a good book about how to refute Rabbinic Objections. I found that they didn’t relate to early Christian writings on the same topic when debating Jews. A couple arguments could have been strengthened as there is more out there that has been written and dealt with in the last 2,000 years by others in the church.
One argument, for instance, that was completely overlooked when discussing the Trinity is that the Hebrew word “echad”, used to describe the oneness of God in the Shema. It is the same word used in Genesis 2 to describe the oneness of Adam and Eve. It’s a plural one. Moshe could have used a singular one in the Hebrew to describe God, but he chose the plural form of one. This word could help strengthen his Trinitarian argument. Overall, a good read. Would recommend to other Jews looking into the Christian faith.
September 16, 2021
?שלום, מה שלומך
I studied my degree in Theology and Psychology. I will continue to study my honours, masters and doctorate in Theology. I am moving to Israel this year. I was thinking of converting to Judaism, however, Dr. Eitan Bar's book. "Refuting rabbanic objections to Christianity & messianic prophecies." Changed my perspective completely. Based on the evidence and the messianic prophecies from the Torah, Talmud etc. I now know that Yeshua is the promised messiah as Dr. Bar mentions in his book.
This book has enlightened me to relize based on factual evidence that Yeshua is the true jewish messiah.
Thank you Dr. Bar and the one for Israel team. Please continue to enlighten us, make more videos and write more books as your message of the true jewish messiah is changing lives and has changed mine completely.
G-d bless you all.
שלום
I studied my degree in Theology and Psychology. I will continue to study my honours, masters and doctorate in Theology. I am moving to Israel this year. I was thinking of converting to Judaism, however, Dr. Eitan Bar's book. "Refuting rabbanic objections to Christianity & messianic prophecies." Changed my perspective completely. Based on the evidence and the messianic prophecies from the Torah, Talmud etc. I now know that Yeshua is the promised messiah as Dr. Bar mentions in his book.
This book has enlightened me to relize based on factual evidence that Yeshua is the true jewish messiah.
Thank you Dr. Bar and the one for Israel team. Please continue to enlighten us, make more videos and write more books as your message of the true jewish messiah is changing lives and has changed mine completely.
G-d bless you all.
שלום
October 12, 2019
Helpful Scripture Insights But Tone Often Shrill
As a Christian I appreciated the many insights this book provides on Judaism, its scriptures and other significant writings. I wouldn't have known where to start to get such a concise overview as the one this book provides. However, the tone of the book often turns shrill and judgmental when describing what some rabbis have said and written, and I found myself wondering what the full contexts were for some of the rabbinical quotes that the author criticized so harshly. Still, I think I the book is well worth the read for Christians interested in Judaism of the time of Christ and the first few centuries following that time.
As a Christian I appreciated the many insights this book provides on Judaism, its scriptures and other significant writings. I wouldn't have known where to start to get such a concise overview as the one this book provides. However, the tone of the book often turns shrill and judgmental when describing what some rabbis have said and written, and I found myself wondering what the full contexts were for some of the rabbinical quotes that the author criticized so harshly. Still, I think I the book is well worth the read for Christians interested in Judaism of the time of Christ and the first few centuries following that time.
October 31, 2019
This book crystallized how the Old Testament and the Gospel are one book, part one and part two respectively. In particular, the Author astutely supports his case for Jesus as the Jewish Messiah by citing the Old Testament prophecies as a roadmap: the foretelling is the Virgin birth, when the Messiah would be born, his suffering and crucifixion, glorious resurrection, and the movement that became a blessing to the Gentiles throughout the world. It explains why the Rabbis have hidden their Messiah from the Jewish people and rejected him for two millenia. We learn how G-d has not forgotten the covenants made with his chosen Jewish people. Coming from an interfaith background (Christian and Jewish parents) myself, I learned more from Eitan Bar’s book than I did in Sunday School.
November 28, 2020
Eitan Bar loves his people, this is so evident throughout the book. Now, yes, if you have ever studied Apologetics, the first half of the book may seem like review to you. There are little nuggets through out that first half that are great to mine, but you will find it something you have heard before. The second half (or so) of the book though is pure gold.
The 'Jewish-ness' of the author allows you to get a perspective that you may not have ever had before. After reading this book I pray that it finds its way into the hands of so many who are burdened by a sense of legalism and not grace.
I really think anyone from any persuasion would find this book helpful in your understanding of Jesus...especially from a Jewish perspective.
The 'Jewish-ness' of the author allows you to get a perspective that you may not have ever had before. After reading this book I pray that it finds its way into the hands of so many who are burdened by a sense of legalism and not grace.
I really think anyone from any persuasion would find this book helpful in your understanding of Jesus...especially from a Jewish perspective.
August 24, 2021
Jesus is Messiah
Thank you Me. Bar for having the courage to write this book. This is the third book I have read by you and then purchased paperback copies. I am not a Jew, I am a Gentile and in my search for truth of who Jesus is I started reading online what rabbi’s said. I was so afraid to believe Jesus is the son of God, that he is the Messiah. No church I ever attended made it clear to me. I think the Christian church needs classes for new believers to teach them from the Old Testament to New. I also think the class needs to use your books to show how Gods word got twisted into religious habits. I will see you in heaven one day and thank you face to face as we worship the true Messiah together.
Thank you Me. Bar for having the courage to write this book. This is the third book I have read by you and then purchased paperback copies. I am not a Jew, I am a Gentile and in my search for truth of who Jesus is I started reading online what rabbi’s said. I was so afraid to believe Jesus is the son of God, that he is the Messiah. No church I ever attended made it clear to me. I think the Christian church needs classes for new believers to teach them from the Old Testament to New. I also think the class needs to use your books to show how Gods word got twisted into religious habits. I will see you in heaven one day and thank you face to face as we worship the true Messiah together.
May 1, 2019
Enlightenment
Bar has laid out the facts, which he couldn't have himself created nor generated. This book took some care to uphold and separate God's given Torah from many of the "other stuff" that so many have used (and still use) for centuries, to dissuade, confuse, swindle and oppress all people from reading and learning it for themselves. After all, each will stand for his/her own judgement as individuals- not as races, statuses etc. The onus seems to be on Messianics and anyone who know to broadcast the facts until the truth enlightens every corner of the globe! I won't stop talking about it too.
Bar has laid out the facts, which he couldn't have himself created nor generated. This book took some care to uphold and separate God's given Torah from many of the "other stuff" that so many have used (and still use) for centuries, to dissuade, confuse, swindle and oppress all people from reading and learning it for themselves. After all, each will stand for his/her own judgement as individuals- not as races, statuses etc. The onus seems to be on Messianics and anyone who know to broadcast the facts until the truth enlightens every corner of the globe! I won't stop talking about it too.
July 3, 2020
The book carefully and thoroughly answers claims brought by rabbis against Yeshua being the Jewish Messiah. It looks at the content and history of the claims and provides clear and convincing proofs that Yeshua meets the Biblical criteria of Messiah. He is from the Tribe of Judah, not a Gentile, and the New Testament completes the Torah, writings, and Prophets. The book's chapter on Yeshua's high regard and concern for women strongly contrasts with the denigrating attitudes of the rabbis. If you're wondering who Jesus is, this book will provide the answers you're looking for. I highly recommend it!
July 31, 2020
Highly recommended to those who want the truth
I selected the book when I heard Eitan giving his testimony and talking about oneforisrael. Wanting to know more about why to this day israel rejects Jesus as their Mesiah. With just a few percent getting to accept him. I have not been disappointed. Here it's explained te deception and how th Old Testament clearly gives the Mesiah's identity but how the oral law is imposed and taught without teaching the truth to their own people. To those who want the truth should read this book.
And of course the Holy scripture with a humble heart.
I selected the book when I heard Eitan giving his testimony and talking about oneforisrael. Wanting to know more about why to this day israel rejects Jesus as their Mesiah. With just a few percent getting to accept him. I have not been disappointed. Here it's explained te deception and how th Old Testament clearly gives the Mesiah's identity but how the oral law is imposed and taught without teaching the truth to their own people. To those who want the truth should read this book.
And of course the Holy scripture with a humble heart.
September 1, 2021
Man made commandments
Sadly to say, but at the end of the day….. Truth
Up to this very day, we as a mankind cannot deny 2 things; first of all, that there has been no man all over the earth to fulfill the Torah, but Yeshua. Even if all sorts of claims against him arise, nobody can change that fact. Secondly, even if groups of intellectuals, teachers, religious men or whoever else to mention try to re interpret the prophets in regards of the Messiah advent, a simple Tanaj reading will bear witness that the time for the first coming of the Messiah has already pass.
So, we -mankind- can make all efforts in trying to deny Yeshua as the Messiah but immediately get trapped by the prophecy regarding his first appearance. It is up to us, which side we are, ELOHIM or man made traditions.
Sadly to say, but at the end of the day….. Truth
Up to this very day, we as a mankind cannot deny 2 things; first of all, that there has been no man all over the earth to fulfill the Torah, but Yeshua. Even if all sorts of claims against him arise, nobody can change that fact. Secondly, even if groups of intellectuals, teachers, religious men or whoever else to mention try to re interpret the prophets in regards of the Messiah advent, a simple Tanaj reading will bear witness that the time for the first coming of the Messiah has already pass.
So, we -mankind- can make all efforts in trying to deny Yeshua as the Messiah but immediately get trapped by the prophecy regarding his first appearance. It is up to us, which side we are, ELOHIM or man made traditions.
April 16, 2022
This book delivers on its title. The "oral Torah" or "Drash" is a man made mix of opinions, mysticism and political/social manipulation that has been like scales on the eyes of the Jewish peoples for 2000 years. As a gentile who is grateful for a Jewish Messiah, and who loves Jewish peoples, I implore every Jewish person to read this book and make decisions for themselves regarding the veracity of Jesus as the Messiah.
I've written a longer review on Amazon, and am in the process of writing a book on Christianity as a daily discipline. Eitan's book demonstrates to me the horrors of religion without God, and that is true both for Jewish and Gentile systems of man made religion.
I've written a longer review on Amazon, and am in the process of writing a book on Christianity as a daily discipline. Eitan's book demonstrates to me the horrors of religion without God, and that is true both for Jewish and Gentile systems of man made religion.
February 18, 2019
Jesus is seen throughout the holy scripture and Eian Bar makes a fantastic case for Christ! This book is packed full of beneficial information to share with your friends and family. He has made it easy to understand and listed all passages to look up and study for yourself. I am so thankful for One For Israel and for Eitan Bar being led by the Holy Spirit to write such an amazing book! I could not put it down! I will be passing it along and recommending! We pray for the peace of Israel and look forward to the day Israel cries out, "Hosanna!"
March 8, 2019
This book is very helpful in understanding Jewish perspective on Jesus' messiahship. It gives the readers bits and pieces of Jews' religious history. The writer makes a valid and simple points of refuting the rabbinic ideology that rejects Jesus as the messiah and God. Bless you for bringing the Light into the darkness. I pray you continue to do your ministry to spread the Truth. For there's only one path to salvation for humanity (both Jews and Gentiles). Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No-one comes to the Father except through me." [John 14:6]
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