Primary source
Mishneh Torah, Kings and Wars, Chapter 11 (uncensored text)
Maimonides’ messianic criteria in Eliyahu Touger’s translation, printing the passages on Jesus and on the spread of the Torah among the nations that censors removed from most printed editions.
- Author
- Moses Maimonides
- Publisher
- Chabad.org
- Tradition
- Judaism
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
Citation
Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Kings and Wars 11:4, translated by Eliyahu Touger, Chabad.org, “Melachim uMilchamot - Chapter 11,” accessed October 6, 2026.
Where this source is used
- Jesus did not bring world peaceThe peace the prophets promised has not come, and Christians do not say it has. Their claim concerns the order of events, and it turns on the resurrection.
- The Messiah cannot die before reigningThe Tanakh and the rabbis both speak of an anointed one who suffers or is killed. The Christian claim joins suffering and reign in one person, and rests on the resurrection.
- Jesus and messianic prophecyIsolated proof texts do not settle the question. A pattern of suffering and reign runs through Isaiah, Zechariah, Daniel, Micah, and the Psalms.