What i really want to know is whether these Biblical prophets and their prophecies exist in any Jewish books and if they are, why are Christians not using the Jewish books such as the Torah but use the Bible instead.  Thanks  Mudy

A:  Thanks for your Question Mudy.  Actually the entire ‘Christian’ Bible is Jewish, all 66 books.  The first five books of the Bible–Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, numbers, and Deuteronomy–is the Jewish Torah. The ‘Old Testament’ in the Christian Bible is the Jewish ‘Tanakh’–the Jewish Scriptures–which include the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings.

Even the Christian ‘New Testament’ books–the Gospels, the Acts, the letters, and Revelation were written by early Christians who were all Jews–that even includes Dr. Luke who wrote Luke & Acts who was a Greek with a Jewish mother. The entire Bible was written by Jews, except maybe Job which may have been written even before the Torah.

The prophets and prophesies you refer to–Jeremiah,Isaiah, and others who did prophesy of coming of Jesus, are found in the Old testament of the Bible–The Tanakh of the Jewish religion.

Also the stories of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are found in the first book of the Bible–Genesis, and the story of Moses is found in the following books of Exodus, Leviticus, numbers and Deuteronomy—the first five books of the Christian Bible and also the Jewish Torah.