Similarities Between Christianity And Judaism

For example, Christians think that Jesus was given to Mary by God while she was a virgin, therefore he was a kind of miracle child. This, however, was rendered false by Jews studying the original hebrew text. Rabbi Michael Skobac states: “Isaiah 7:14 is describing an "alma" as giving birth. The word ‘alma’ has always meant a young woman, but Christian theologians came centuries later and translated it as ‘virgin’” (Jews for Judaism, 2004, par. 18). Also, the crucifiction of Jesus, according to Judaism, is mistranslated, along with the “suffering servant”. Lastly, the importance of Jesus in Judaism and Christianity are very different. In Judaism, it is regarded that “the reality is that Judaism doesn't regard Jesus as particularly important. He's not a big subject” (Jared Klinghoffer, 2005, par.3). The fact that Jews don’t view Jesus as the Messiah, plays an important role in the identity of Judaism. In Christianity, though, people believe that Jesus is very important, and the need to obey his wishes and fulfill his needs are great. In Fact, Christians believe in Jesus for about six main reasons: “Christ Came into the world (to reconcile humans), Christ brings Hope, Christ will Return again to the Earth,Christ founded an Institution (The Church), Christ understands human Suffering, Christ enables men and women to Triumph over sin” (2014, p.6). Christians love Jesus because he

The primary similarity between Judaism and Christianity is based on the notion that they regard sin as a rebellion. They affirm that God, through his word, has made his will well-known to all people. Thus, it is a sin to live contrary to this set will of God and there are consequences. More so, both religions consider God as being all powerful and supreme and though he allows people to sin, he confines the freedom. The religions consider that God allows sin as a means of

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

Judaism origins arises from the times of Abraham when god made a covenant with him and promised to make his lineage a sacred people and give them the holy land. After Abraham, the ‘children’ of Israel were born. Christianity was developed out of Judaism in the 1st Century. They believed Jesus was the fulfillment of the Jewish text ‘Torah’ which is the text that both Christians and Jews alike use. The difference is that Christians also have the New Testament that is full of Jesus teachings, miracles, and revelations of how the world will end. Christianity is based on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, those who follow him are known as, Christians.

Through the pass of time the word “Sin” started getting an abroad concept which depended on who was describing it. According to ancient Hebrews and Greeks the word “Sin” had two major concepts and translation. One of them was to transgress, which means “to step across” or “to go beyond a set boundary or limit.” The second one was “to miss the mark”. Both concepts implied going to a certain direction and not going to the directions that was intended to go.

Each of these religions sees sin originating from The Fall, or when Eve ate the forbidden fruit. However, the concept of sin evolved differently for each tradition beyond this. Judaism views sin in the terms that humans are naturally imperfect and ignorant. To seek reconciliation, Jews must work to follow God’s commandments and live in close relationship to God. Muslims see sin as humans’ natural state of forgetfulness.

There is support in the scripture for each belief. Paul champions the idea that all of humankind is responsible for the sin in the Garden of Eden. This holds no water in the context of Judaism because it is in the New Testament. There is, however, the concept that, “…the sins of the father are to be laid upon the children…” present throughout the old testament. In Isaiah, “Your first father sinned; your spokesmen rebelled against me.” The idea of punishment for the sin of a parent is nearly synonymous with original sin because Adam and Eve are understood to be the father and mother of humanity by both traditions. The ideology is present in Exodus, “You shall not bow down before them or serve them. For I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God, inflicting punishment for their ancestors’ wickedness on the children of those who hate me, down to the third and fourth generation.” This exact ideology is repeated verbatim in Numbers and Deuteronomy. The quote in Exodus is attributed directly to God. It follows logically then that, if God punishes future generations for the sins of their parents, God would punish humankind for a sin committed by the parents of humanity, Adam and

The variations in the ideas of sin originate from the “dramatic mutations in Christian ideas.” (Sin Chapter 3) Fredriksen’s book on Sin discusses these Christian variations, trying to find the true idea of sin (Fredriksen). Chapter three discusses Origen of Alexandria and Augustine of Hippo’s perspective on sin; they focus on the Old and New Testament and discover a single divine interpretation about redemption (Fredriksen). Meanwhile, they arrive at different interpretation of sin (Fredriksen).

Due to Christianity growing out of Judaism, they have many of the same beliefs like the one and almighty God. The belief in one God instead a many gods is called monotheism, both Christianity and Judaism are monotheistic. Another similarity between these religions is that they believe Jesus was crucified. Jesus was crucified

Owing to the fact both Christians and Jews use the Bible as their standard for frame of reference, most Christian views are derived from the post-exilic Hebrew worldview. Both believe there is only one God and He created the earth and all that is in it. Where Christian view differs from Hebraic view is that Christians believe Jesus is the Son of God, whereas the Jews do not. This difference is one of the major disparities between the two worldviews. Because Christians believe such, they in turn believe once someone is symbolically washed in the blood of Jesus through baptism, all men are new and created equal. This act symbolically implies everyone originates from God, especially once cleansed of sin and born again.

Christians adopted monotheism, believing in one Supreme God, from Judaism (Bailey). They believe in a God residing in Heaven, greater than all, yet have different views on certain details. These two religions break up into different sects. Both religions have three main sects that are more practiced than others, however, there a great deal more. Judaism’s three main sects are Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform (Brodd, 380).

Another reason that they are different is the day they worship, because Judaism worships on Saturday and Christians worship on Sundays. They are also different because Judaism was founded before Christ and Christian after Christ. Jewish people think they are chosen by

There are hundreds or even thousands different religions allover the world, but only several of them are global. Two of them, Christioanity and Judaism, have its believers on each continent, and during its history experienced persecutions from others. Despite, there are a lot of differences between these religions, Christianity and Judaism are similar. Both Christianity and Judaism are monotheistic. It means that believers of these religions believe in one God who is a creator of the world.

The doctrine of Original sin occurred around the fourth century and it in the exists in the three religions christianity, Islam, and judaism. The concept of ancestral sin was originally made up by the ancient greeks, but the concept of original sin was prompted by St. Augustine. The concept of original sin was made to bring more people into the church and to give the church more power by convincing people that

     We must make our own decision on what we think sin is. We can look at what others say it could be or we can look to the Bible and ask the Lord what it is. I think it is also different for everyone. There are however some things that are a standard for everyone. These are specifically mentioned in the Bible. God gave us the Ten Commandments to follow and Jesus gave us two simple rules to follow. If we look at these we can