I agree with Lisa that the first sentence should make a positive statement that describes what Judaism s view is not vaguely describe what the view is like Lets look at the topic sentences of some recent versions Judaism s view of Jesus is a very peripheral one fails completely Not describing Judaism s view at all The second sentence Jews have traditionally seen Jesus as one of a number of false messiahs who have appeared throughout history is worth considering but think it is not informative enough Judaism s view of Jesus is largely defined by the Jewish principles of faith rejecting any view of Jesus as divine Christ or son of God falls short being too hesitant perhaps simply Judaism reject any view of Jesus as divine Christ or son of God Judaism has no special or particular view of Jesus with very few texts in Judaism directly referring to or taking note of Jesus and disputes all Christian interpretations of canonical Jewish scripture that allegedly make reference to him does a decent jobs but the lack of text reference and disputing Christian interpretation are not really the most important things for an intro I would love to hear some ideas for a better topic sentence