Alternative Views
Outside of the above-described authoritative texts common to Judaism, a small minority of rabbis hold a more positive view of Jesus, arguing that he himself did not abandon Judaism and/or that he benefited non-Jews. Among these are Jacob Emden, Moses Mendelssohn (as well as some other religious thinkers of the Haskalah movement), and Elijah Benamozegh.
A few Orthodox rabbis today, including Irving Greenberg hold similar views. While these authors present positions which vary from mainstream views in Judaism, they still do not consider Jesus to be the Jewish Messiah.
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