don t -certainly most jews do not believe Jesus is the messiah.i understood your comments to be claiming none of them did.certainly if you had said "most"i would agree.however you said "none ".
i dont really get your point as to the OT chronaclers not believing that Jesus was messiah since they wrote prior to his appearing.[whether they would recognise him given the opportunity in their lifetime can only be affirmed by ref to our beliefs.i would answer in the probable and i guess you in the negative].
i read your post again,and perish the thought ,could it be slightly slapdash!.

sugarfoot-i agree that scientists do challenge each others or existing theories, and equilibria and gradualism is one of those instances-though closing ranks since.
darwinisn in some form or the other is IMO the cherished holy cow that will not countenance creationism and excludes papers that support it-though sometimes scientists have suceeded in publishing if not directly creationist.
i understand that catastrophism is now accepted as a mechanism in the evolutionism story,where once it was totally dismissed following lyell ,if i remember correctly ,stating that the past was only to be interpreted by ref to present prosseses.uniformitarianism ruled!
catastrophic geological action is now ok-as long as its not biblical!
i stand to be corrected on the details if i'm mistaken.
best wishes to everyone! pete