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Isaiah Fifty Three a Test of Jewish Educ

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Christian missionaries have long wielded Isaiah 53's "Suffering Servant" passage as evidence for Jesus's messiahship, yet modern biblical scholarship reveals a more nuanced reality. Through textual analysis and review of contemporary biblical research, both Christian and Jewish scholars recognize this passage as neither messianic prediction nor literal prophecy of Jesus. Close reading of the biblical text, examination of scholarly commentary, and analysis of "corporate personality" in Hebrew scripture demonstrate how the passage employs fluid transitions between individual and collective identities, representing both the prophet and the people of Israel as God's servants. Modern Christian biblical scholars, including H.H. Rowley, Morna Hooker, and H. Wheeler Robinson, have established that the passage reflects complex prophetic rhetoric rather than messianic prediction. Understanding Isaiah 53 serves as a crucial test of Jewish educational effectiveness, requiring appreciation of the interconnected relationship between God, Torah, and Israel. The research suggests that successful Jewish education must cultivate "corporate personality" - the understanding that individual Jewish spiritual experience is intrinsically linked to collective Jewish identity and covenantal relationship with God. This analysis has significant implications for Jewish communal responses to conversion and the development of educational curricula that strengthen Jewish continuity through integrated spiritual, psychological, and communal identity formation.

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    Published 1993

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    Elliot Gertel