Daniel Cooney
5/15/17
Rav Shai
Jewish Faith and Practice
Comparison of Judaism and Christianity
Judaism and Christianity may be completely different religions, but they along with many differences there are many similarities between the religions. Religions may vary from culture to culture, but mostly all are based on the same principle; that there is something greater than us that we all should believe in. Being that this is such a widespread belief, you would think that all religions would have some kind of common ground especially when it comes to two of the oldest and most significant religions in existence today. Judaism and Christianity are two of the more universally practiced religions today. They are both rooted in their
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The Torah tells the story of the foundation of Judaism and how it was built. The second section of the Hebrew bible, Nevi’im also known as the Prophets is considered to have been written by people blessed with the spirit of prophecy. It contains a record of most of the important history in the years after Moses. The third portion of the Hebrew bible, Ketuvim also known as the Writings, is made up of various kinds of writings. The books in the Writings are considered to be less sacred than the books of the Prophets because the books of Prophets are thought to have been written under direct inspiration from God, while the books in the Writings are supposed to be the work of prophets working in a normal manner. Although most Jews lived by the laws of the Torah, the interpretation of the Torah is what caused the Jewish people to divide into three major sections known as the Sadducees, Pharisees, and Essenes. The Sadducees were elitists who wanted to maintain their priestly state. They did this by maintaining rituals with the temple and didn’t allow non-Sadducees in the temple. They were willing to incorporate Hellenism into their lives and they rejected the oral law and instead followed the written law, both of these opposed the Pharisees. The Pharisees were the “spiritual fathers” of modern Judaism. Their main distinguishing difference among the three was that they were blue collared Jews
Judaism and Christianity are key religions in the history of our world, and are still around today. Both of these religions are monotheistic, believing in only YHWH, the God of Abraham. However, if we look deeper, there are many more similarities and differences in these two religions. Some things that are comparable are their political figures, their holy works, and social beliefs.
Although Christianity and Judaism are very different religions, they are similar in their inspiration of sacred texts. While Christianity has the Bible, and Judaism has
As you can see even though Judaism and Christianity have the closest relationship there are many very important differences. Their different views on Jesus and God, Heaven and hell, and the notion of sin are what separate these two great but different
The first misunderstanding between Jews and Christians is that Jews are still searching for a Messiah, Jeremiah 23:5 (“the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land). While Christians believe that the Messiah has arrived. The challenge here is that this formulation attributes to the expectation of a Messiah, a prominence and a centrality it has not usually had in Judaism. Christianity is a Messiah associated religion to an extent that Judaism is not. Although in Judaism the rate has varied from a different century to the other and from one branch to the other, the messianic age expectation, of a period of justice and peace, has always been more important (Fisher, 2010). In any case, the coming of messianic age and the Messiah appearance are connected together. When justice and peace arrive, then, will be the period to identify that the Messiah is. Until then everybody has the task
Since the dawn of man, millions of people around the world coming from all kinds of diverse cultures and different backgrounds have been born into a family where some sort of religion is practiced. Fortunately, in the modern day here in the United States, we are free to worship and practice any religion we please. Two of the main religions in the United States and North America in general is Judaism and Christianity. It goes without saying that these two religions do have a lot in common, which is mostly due to the fact that Judaism was the forefather of Christianity. The main base is the same for both religions, the Old Testament.
Two of the three major world religions is Judaism and Christianity. They are two of the most influential world religions in history. Each religion has its own characteristics. When comparing these two religions, they’re both very different, but also very similar.
The origins of Christianity can be originated in Judaism and for that reason it is no surprise that both religions have many beliefs in common. During the earliest beginnings, Christianity was a part of Judaism, but currently they are two distinct communities. However, they are bound together by their belief in one God and to worship any other is to deny Him. The separation between both religions did not happen fast or easy. The entire division took some hundred years and the very complex separation didn’t happen all at once.
Out of all the religions in the world Christianity and Judaism in my opinion have the most similar rites and rituals. They also share many beliefs and flow many of the same rules. Even though some of the rituals might seem like they are completely different, when you look deeply and find the true meaning, you will see that most of the time they share the same message. But even with all of these similarities its the differences that make them unique and these differences are what splits them apart. The three main similarities in both Christianity and Judaism is the first step into adult hood, the last step into adult hood and the Shabbat and the Sabbath.
Although Christianity, Islam and Judaism are all religions that grew from the same central idea of one divine god named Abraham in the general time zone of 2500 BC, and in the holy city of Jerusalem, they are all very different from each other. Christianity, Islam and Judaism are all similar religions in some ways but are also very different from each other in other ways.
There are several key similarities of key circumstances for Christianity and Judaism. They are similar because of their place of origin and their popularity around the world. For example, Christianity originated from the middle east, and Judaism was founded in Ancient Palestine, also considered the middle east. This reveals that both religions originated in the same place which makes them similar. Another example is, Christianity is extremely popular world religion, similarly Judaism is also a popular world religion. Most of the world are either christian or jew, which reveals many do accept the ideas the religions present and that they are very influential.
Both religions believe in one god, or are referenced as monotheistic. The only other religion like these two is the Islamic religion of the Muslims who worship their one god “Allah.” Judaism or the Jewish peoples god is named “YHWH” is known as the Tetragrammaton. The Christian’s god name is “Jesus.” On a daily basis Jewish are supposed to pray 3 times a day morning, afternoon, and evening. Christians pray whenever they want to.
The commonality among each of these religions is that they all require a set of rules to reach a particular end goal. These quotes differ regarding the manner in which they are presented. By manner, I mean the nature of the quote. Judaism and Islam provide very similar passages. They both share distinctive qualities which require one to follow a set of rules or as a result, be punished for not doing so. Their moral law is dependent on how you love, and obey the Lord. The Quran threatens that if one is to not obey to the standard that is expected one shall not be guided and, in a sense, be left just as one has has left or abandoned the Lord.
Judaism and Christianity are religions that have rich and connected histories. These monotheistic religions are shaped by their shared history, beliefs and values. Throughout time both religions cultivate their own path and now hold a prominent position in today’s western society.
Believe it or not, Christianity and Judaism are the most similar to all the major world religions. Both Christianity and Judaism believe in God and the Old Testament as the authoritative Word of God. However, Christianity also includes the New Testament as well. Both believe in heaven, hell, and purgatory. Christians know that we shall have eternal life after we die, while Jews believe somewhat in reincarnation. Another similarity includes both religions pray to God for forgiveness of sins. The difference is Christians believe all mankind is inherently evil, and we born of our sin from Adam while Jews believe mankind can choose to be good or evil and must take responsibility for it.
In part 1 of this theme, I would like for you to consider the relationship between Judaism and Christianity. In doing so, using the readings for this week, expand on my comments above to flesh out the historical and theological relationship between these two religions. Most importantly, consider the idea of monotheism.