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   From: orwell@1984.com   
      
   On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 18:56:27 -0800, "Paul Laird"   
    wrote:   
      
   >No respectable, educated, trained Rabbi believes anything about Isaiah 53   
   >except that it is a definite prophecy of the Messiah.   
      
   I find that hard to believe.   
      
   >Many Jewish scrolls   
   >have this passage outlined in black.  There are some Reformed Jews, and some   
   >UN-Informed Jews who try to equate the words of Isaiah 53 to modern Israel;   
   >but only becaue it is inconvenient for them to apply the words to the   
   >Messiah.   
   >   
   >   
   >"John"  wrote in message   
   >news:L6SdnW9Qe5Hu86bdRVn-vw@adelphia.com...   
   >> 1st century Hebrews took that to be a messianic prophesy.   
   >> Only in later centuries AFTER Christ did Jews view this   
   >> as refering to Jacob or Israel.   
   >>   
   >> "Eliyahu"  wrote in message   
   >> news:7332f93b.0402231829.7922bd37@posting.google.com...   
   >> > Bs'd   
   >> >   
   >> > Read here what is going on in Isaiah 53:   
   >> >   
   >> > http://www.geocities.com/Metzad/Isaiah53.htm   
   >> >   
   >> > Eliyahu   
   >>   
   >>   
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