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Is it true that Jesus and his followers were Jews who largely accepted the main teachings of Judaism?
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According to historical evidence (mostly the NT, plus tradition), Jesus was a Jew. The son of a Jewish mother.
Although most of Jesus' early followers were Jews, there were many who were not, including two of the Gospel writers, Mark and Luke.
The religion of Jesus did not officially separate itself from Judaism until it became the official religion of Rome in 313 CE and Christianity's doctrines were officially established at the Council of Nicea in 325CE.
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What is some information on the followers of Judaism?
There are about 14 million Jews today, most of whom live in North America, Israel, and Western Europe. Jews range from atheist to Orthodox. Judaism is an ethno-religious entity, meaning that it's a religion, but its followers are largely descended from common ancestors (Abraham and his family). Judaism is also defined as the religion of Moses, since its traditions are rooted in the Torah.
How did the Romans respond to the teachings of Jesus?
AnswerAccording to most scholars, the Romans largely ignored the Christian religion. Even as Christianity began to attract a modest number of adherents in the eastern Empire, the western Empire remained largely immune to the new religion. Those Romans who were aware of the teachings of Jesus admired the moral principles behind them, just as they admired Judaism. And gradually over the centuries, some began to accept Christianity.
Property ownership as a requirement for voting was largely accepted by the founding fathers?
True
What did Judaism and Christianity share?
Christianity and Judaism both believe in one God and that this God is the creator. His attributes are also a commonly shared idea or belief as are the scriptures which Christians refer to as the Old Testament.Jewish AnswerAlthough the Christian Old Testament was based on the Tanach (Jewish Bible), it was altered to support the teachings of Christianity. Additionally, as Christianity was largely based on the rejection of Judaism, the two religions don't really share any ideas, including their concepts of God.
How are we Abram's descendants?
Let us suppose that Abram was a real historical person who founded Judaism. Then we could regard him as the spiritual ancestor of those who now follow Judaism or its daughter religions, Christianity and Islam.
Whose followers always wore green clothes?
The followers of the medieval poet and mystic, Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, known as the Whirling Dervishes, always wore green clothes to symbolize growth, life, and inner transformation.
Why do some non-Jews attempt to dictate what Judaism is to Jews?
Those who do are logically challenged, and largely unaware of the irony.
Whose ideas about the solar system are largely accepted today?
the people of ancient Greece, and Ptolemy (The Greeks)
How was Jesus different from other rabbis of his time?
Of the many rabbis of the first century we know about, Jesus was the only one who was both declared to be the messiah and whose followers then deified him and founded a major world religion based on his teachings. Aside from this, Jesus's teachings are largely in line with those of the school of Rabbi Hillel; this was the more liberal and humanist of the schools of Phariseeic thought -- the other school among the Pharisees was the school of Rabbi Shamai, which tended to be strictly legalist in its view of Jewish law.
Why is Judaism important to the Christians?
a) Jesus lived and worked among Jewsb) all of the disciples were Jewsc) Paul, the most important author of the New Testament was a Jewd) Jesus teachings were largely about the interpretation of Jewish law and ethicse) The New Testament is so packed with references to the earlier Jewish tradition that it makes little sense without study of that tradition.
Is there a Hebrew book of magic?
No. Not only is magic is against Jewish law and largely frowned upon in Judaism, it is also regarded as fake by many Jews.Magic is strictly forbidden by the Torah (Deuteronomy ch.18).
What did Saint Matthew believe?
Being a Jew, he in all probability was of the Jewish faith. The very earliest followers of Jesus kept on considering themselves Jewish believers, only with emphasis on the teachings of Jesus, which were itself not much at odds with Jewish religious teachings. The many articles of faith that came to make up the "Christian" belief were largely drawn up only after the Roman emperor Constantine had made Christianity the state religion of the Empire. The first synod to draw up articles of Christian faith was held in Nicea, in 325 A.D.
