What are the similarities between Christianity and Judaism?
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curiouscanadian
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Everything in the old testament. Most of the Jews rejected Jesus and the New Testament athough a few are what we call completed Jews.
Early Christianity and apocalyptic Judaism were very hard to tell apart. Jesus' church had such Jewish concepts as
* obeying God's laws and keeping his commandments
* doing good works, especially charitable ones.
* Viewing people as having been fashioned in God's image
* Belief in more than one divine being, even in only one of them counted as God (ancient Judaism, Jesus, and Paul were all monolaters)
* Baptism by immersion in water after having repented of our sins
* The tangible, physical resurrection from the dead.
The list could go on and on. If you are interested in respectful and scholarly analysis, follow the URL I have provided and check out the links for Early Christianity and The New Testament Church.
* obeying God's laws and keeping his commandments
* doing good works, especially charitable ones.
* Viewing people as having been fashioned in God's image
* Belief in more than one divine being, even in only one of them counted as God (ancient Judaism, Jesus, and Paul were all monolaters)
* Baptism by immersion in water after having repented of our sins
* The tangible, physical resurrection from the dead.
The list could go on and on. If you are interested in respectful and scholarly analysis, follow the URL I have provided and check out the links for Early Christianity and The New Testament Church.
MuhammadMadeofPork
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Both believe in one God.
Both believe in the existence of Jesus
Both believe I am made of a sexy piece of pork.
Pork be upon me.
Both believe in the existence of Jesus
Both believe I am made of a sexy piece of pork.
Pork be upon me.
Judaism
Origins
Judaism is the oldest monotheistic religion, and the history of Judaism cannot be separated from the history of the Jewish people. Its foundation lies in the original covenant made between Abraham and God, circa 1900 BCE, when Abraham was called to leave his home in Ur and travel to Cannan (later known as Palestine and Israel), a land which God promised to give to his descendants. The second and chief covenant was made 450 years later when Moses led the Jews out of slavery in Egypt (the exodus) back to the lands of Canaan. At Mt Horeb (Sinai), God gave the Jewish people the 10 Commandants and other rules to live by (contained in the Torah, the first five books of the Bible), marking the beginning of Judaism as a structured religion.
Christianity started after Jesus was crucified and resurrected but has it's basis in Judaism. All of the Law and prophets in the Old Testament were fulfilled in Christ.
Origins
Judaism is the oldest monotheistic religion, and the history of Judaism cannot be separated from the history of the Jewish people. Its foundation lies in the original covenant made between Abraham and God, circa 1900 BCE, when Abraham was called to leave his home in Ur and travel to Cannan (later known as Palestine and Israel), a land which God promised to give to his descendants. The second and chief covenant was made 450 years later when Moses led the Jews out of slavery in Egypt (the exodus) back to the lands of Canaan. At Mt Horeb (Sinai), God gave the Jewish people the 10 Commandants and other rules to live by (contained in the Torah, the first five books of the Bible), marking the beginning of Judaism as a structured religion.
Christianity started after Jesus was crucified and resurrected but has it's basis in Judaism. All of the Law and prophets in the Old Testament were fulfilled in Christ.
Da_waterwalker
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Both believe in the same God, Christianity teaches that the Messiah has come and that He is Jesus the Son of God. Judaism teaches that The Messiah is yet to come and that the man called Jesus is merely a man making false claims and that is the grounds by which they called for His crucifixion, although the real reason was because the Jewish leadership, the Pharisees, Scribes and Sadducees feared that the Jewish people would all follow Jesus, and then Jesus would be viewed as the repersentive of the Jews by the Romans then the Roman government would no longer show them favor.
greenbehemoth
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With the greatest respect to previous posters, Judaism is not the religion of the ancient Hebrews or Israelites of the Old Testament. You are confusing Judaism with Hebrewism, they are not one and the same religion. Hebrewism was the religion of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and the ancient Israelites of the Old Testament. It was the true religion of Yahwey God. Judaism, which was known as Pharasaism in the days of Jesus Christ, was the religion that was brought back from Babylon by the returning exiles of the house of Judah under Ezra and Nehemiah. It did not, therefore, exist in Palestine at the time of the ancient Hebrews and Israelites of the Old Testament:
"This is not an uncommon impression and one finds it sometimes among Jews as well as Christians - that Judaism is the religion of the Hebrew Bible. It is, of course, a fallacious impression... Judaism is not the religion of the Bible." (Rabbi Ben Zion Bokser, “Judaism and the Christian Predicament”, page 59)
"The return from Babylon and the introduction of the Babylonian Talmud mark the end of Hebrewism and the beginning of Judaism." (Rabbi Stephen F. Wise, formerly the Chief Rabbi of the United States)
"Judaism is, specifically, the religion of a Jewish community living among Gentile peoples and is to be distinguished from the religion of ancient Israel." (Standard Encyclopedia, Vol. 14)
The religion of Hebrewism was based on the Torah (Old Testament), ie God's law. The religion of Judaism is based on the Talmud, known as the "oral tradition" or the "tradition of men" in the days of Jesus. The Talmud, not God's law as set out in the Torah, is supreme as far as most, some would say all, Jews are concerned:
“The Talmud is to this day the circulating heart's blood of the Jewish religion. Whatever laws, customs or ceremonies we observe - whether we are Orthodox, Conservative, Reform or merely spasmodic sentimentalists - we follow the Talmud. It is our common law.” (Herman Wouk, “The Talmud: Heart's Blood Of The Jewish Faith”, New York Herald-Tribune, November 1959)
The fact that Judaism is not the same as Hebrewism, ie that the Jews had replaced God's Law (the Torah) with the oral tradition (the Talmud), is confirmed by the words of Jesus Christ as recorded in the Gospel of Mark:
“Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men” (Mark 7:7-8)
Jesus detested Judaism (Pharisaism). Christianity did not come out of Judaism, it came out of Hebrewism, the true religion of Jesus Christ and the ancient Hebrews and Israelites of the Old Testament.
Sorry, one last quote:
"... you will notice the great difference between the Jewish and Christian religions ... We consider the two religions so different that one excludes the other ... there is no such thing as a Judeo-Christian religion." (Rabbi Moshe M. Maggal, President, National Jewish Information Service, letter of 21 August 1961)
"This is not an uncommon impression and one finds it sometimes among Jews as well as Christians - that Judaism is the religion of the Hebrew Bible. It is, of course, a fallacious impression... Judaism is not the religion of the Bible." (Rabbi Ben Zion Bokser, “Judaism and the Christian Predicament”, page 59)
"The return from Babylon and the introduction of the Babylonian Talmud mark the end of Hebrewism and the beginning of Judaism." (Rabbi Stephen F. Wise, formerly the Chief Rabbi of the United States)
"Judaism is, specifically, the religion of a Jewish community living among Gentile peoples and is to be distinguished from the religion of ancient Israel." (Standard Encyclopedia, Vol. 14)
The religion of Hebrewism was based on the Torah (Old Testament), ie God's law. The religion of Judaism is based on the Talmud, known as the "oral tradition" or the "tradition of men" in the days of Jesus. The Talmud, not God's law as set out in the Torah, is supreme as far as most, some would say all, Jews are concerned:
“The Talmud is to this day the circulating heart's blood of the Jewish religion. Whatever laws, customs or ceremonies we observe - whether we are Orthodox, Conservative, Reform or merely spasmodic sentimentalists - we follow the Talmud. It is our common law.” (Herman Wouk, “The Talmud: Heart's Blood Of The Jewish Faith”, New York Herald-Tribune, November 1959)
The fact that Judaism is not the same as Hebrewism, ie that the Jews had replaced God's Law (the Torah) with the oral tradition (the Talmud), is confirmed by the words of Jesus Christ as recorded in the Gospel of Mark:
“Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men” (Mark 7:7-8)
Jesus detested Judaism (Pharisaism). Christianity did not come out of Judaism, it came out of Hebrewism, the true religion of Jesus Christ and the ancient Hebrews and Israelites of the Old Testament.
Sorry, one last quote:
"... you will notice the great difference between the Jewish and Christian religions ... We consider the two religions so different that one excludes the other ... there is no such thing as a Judeo-Christian religion." (Rabbi Moshe M. Maggal, President, National Jewish Information Service, letter of 21 August 1961)
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