Why Jesus is not the messiah.

[GrandizerII]

Then your Jewish counter-missionary was a moron.

Maimonides devotes much of the "Guide for the Perplexed" to the fundamental idea that God is incorporeal, meaning that He assumes no physical form. God is Eternal, above time. He is Infinite, beyond space. He cannot be born, and cannot die. Saying that God assumes human form makes God small, diminishing both His unity and His divinity. As the Torah says: "God is not a mortal" (Numbers 23:19)

Rambam said regarding the messiah, "there shall rise up one of whom none have known before, and signs and wonders which they shall see performed by him will be the proofs of his true origin." This is contrary to your point that "According to Jewish sources, the Messiah will be born of human parents and possess normal physical attributes like other people. He will not be a demi-god, (2) nor will he possess supernatural qualities."

"Jewish sources" have conflicting views on the messiah. When you go to sites that are writing against Christianity, you only hear one side.

Now, as for your quotation, bravo, you can quote the old testament. Pity you don't know "context," huh?

And as for yours, bravo, you can C&P from Jewish sites which present one side of Jewish thought in an attempt to refute Christian interpretation.

What would really impress me is if there is at least one clear unambiguous passage in the Old Testament that predicted the Messiah would be crucified and rise from the dead within three days.

Obviously, as someone who's extensively read the Old Testament several times, I really doubt someone could provide me with such a passage, but it does show you something is just not right when the New Testament stresses on the crucifixion and resurrection of the Messiah but the Old Testament doesn't even hint at it.