It's a well-known and widely held Christian belief that there are numerous references to Jesus that are found in the Hebrew Bible, what they call the "Old Testament".
Here's the problem with that theory:
Christian bibles are mistranslated when compared to the original Hebrew text. These mistranslations can come from several sources. The Christian translators lacked a perfect knowledge of Hebrew. The results are that in some chapters of their Bible, almost every verse has mistranslations.
The second, more insidious reason for mistranslations is connected with the belief that Christians have that there are numerous references to Jesus in the Hebrew Scriptures. In order to propagate their claims, they very loosely translated these verses to more easily lead their followers into seeing their claims. In certain examples, they completely mistranslated words and gave them false meaning. The results are, that a Christian who reads their bible will be drawn to accept the opinion that Jesus is referenced in the Hebrew Bible. A completely accurate translation paints a much different, reality-based picture, that Jesus is nowhere to be found.
Another problem is that Christians lack authoritative Rabbinical commentary that clearly explains the meanings of the verses. The Bible is a truly difficult text to understand. Many of the prophetic texts that Christians cling to as evidence for their beliefs are clearly explained by the Rabbis in a historical context. Once again, the conclusions they reach are based on a mastery of Hebrew and a vast knowledge of Scripture, History, and Tradition. These authoritative commentaries are vastly different than the ones reached by the proponents of Christianity, who've demonstrated they already lack precise knowledge of Hebrew, and are obviously coming with dogmatic biases that are causing them to "see what they want to see" in the Hebrew Scriptures.
The Emunah Project, Rav Dror's non-profit organization, is selling Orthodox Jewish bibles with Hebrew and English Translations, as well as classic Rabbinical Commentary and explanation, for anyone interesting in pursuing the truth with an open mind and new resources.
