Can you or somebody tell me why the Jews are not convinced that Jesus fulfills these prophecies?
What are their alternative explanations?
I would guess their aversion to Christ comes from the deep-seated Jewish belief that the messiah would be a warrior king who would destroy Israel’s enemies. For the messiah to end up murdered and humiliated by his own people, this just does not make sense to them.
Then again, I would recommend you ask a rabbi.
Jews in the time of Christ looked for a military Messiah who would defeat the Romans, Palestine returning to their possession. Israel’s military savior, not a savior who would die for the sins of the world. They saw only one coming of the Messiah. Christians see two, the first one to die for the sins of the world, the second one is the military one Jews look for (Armageddon).
I’m not Jewish, but I’ll take a wild guess.
Maybe they figure it wouldn’t be hard for someone who wants to believe they’ve found the messiah to write that messiah’s life story such that it fulfills all those earlier prophecies.
The bigger question is why American Christian fundamentalists are in such love with Israel, whose religious citizens deny the divinity of Christ. (Yes, I know, Capt. Obvious, the prophecies.)