Did Christianity and Hinduism come from Judaism?

Answer 1

Answer 1

Yes. The Old Testament of the Christian Bible is the Tanakh (Bible) of the Jews (in translation). Many Christian beliefs and concepts can be traced back to Judaism.

Answer 2:

The difference between Jews and Christians is that, though we cling to the same Old Testament (though we call it different things), the Jews believe that the Savior/Messiah is yet to come, but Christians, such as I, believe that He already came around 5 B.C and died after 33 1/2 years on the cross for the sins of the world, as He lived a perfect life being the Son of God.

Answer 3:

Christianity did not grow out of Judaism, as Judah is only one of the 12 tribes of Israel and not the actual tribe who was responsible for the temple and the priest line. Many mistakenly refer to the doctrine of the tribes of Israel as Judaism, however this is false as the priests assigned from the house of Israel were of the tribe of Levi not Judah. The system would have been referred to as Levitical and not Judaism. To be jewish indicates you are from the tribe of Judah, and there are 11 other tribes of Israel other than Judah.

The reason this gets mixed up is because Judah was the tribe assigned to the area of and around Jerusalem and outsiders simply refered to everyone from that geographical location as Jews, especially the Romans. Reading from the book of Luke in the initial chapters, you will disvover that the priests of the temple were of the tribe of Levi as was Mary (mother of Christ) and not of the tribe of Judah.

Its important to know the Christ mother was of the daughters of Aaron (the Priest line of the tribe of Levi) and Mary married Joseph of the tribe of Judah of the house of David (the King line - Matther first chapter). This means Christ inherited both titles (Hight Priest - of the House of Aaron and King - of the House of David). Christ then became both the High Priest and the King (King of kings and Lord of lords), replacing the High priest of the tribe of Levi of the house of Aaron and replacing the King of the tribe of Judah of the house of David. Christ stated "one jot ot tittle shall in no wise pass from the law (original laws as set out by our Father to Moses and known as the 10 commandments and those written in the book of Leviticus). The blood ordances were eliminated however as Christ became the sacrifice for sins for one and all time (Colossians 2, 1 Corinthians 5).

So did Christainity grow out of Judaism? The obvious answer is no it did not. Christ came to set things straight related to the temple and its activities, and took over as the High Priest of the temble (his right). Further he became the sacrifice for one and all time for the sins of mankind, removing the blood scrafices of the temple which were intended to cover the sins of mankind. He further offered the ability to come to our Father to "whom so ever will" and not just the House of Israel (Romans 3,9, and 16).

Judiasm is a continuation of the temple via those who did not accept Christ as the messiah as fortold by our Father to the prophet Isaiah (ch 7), and who allowed priests who were not of Levi to operate and control the temple. Therefore Judiasm is a splintering off of a sect of people from the original temple of the tribes of Israel, and not a basis for the existance of Christianity. Christians know that those who believe in Judiasm are their brothers and sisters and therefore have patience with them, knowing one day that both houses will be put back together under Christ as it is written in our Fathers word.

Answer 4

Yes, Christianity's founders, the First Ecclesia, were all Jews who were trying to understand Jesus from a Jewish perspective and believed him to be the Messiah. This eventually developed into a very different religion with a very different theology, primarily due to the infusion of Gentiles into the religion and the Epistles of Paul which contravened much of Jewish doctrine.

In Answer 3, the definition of Judaism is confused. It does not derive from Judah per se, but from Judean which refers to all of the people of Judea, which, while dominated by Judahites also consisted of Levites and Kohanim and members of the other tribes, so their practices are part of Judaism. Additionally, the Rabbis, who became increasingly important in the post-Temple period already existed while Jesus lived and were the leaders of the Pharisees at that time. Whether or not Jesus is the Messiah as foretold and therefore Christianity is the correct progression from Judaism is something else, but to argue that Judaism did not exist prior to Jesus flies in the face of historical evidence and general Jewish and Christian theology.

Answer 2

No. Judaism was founded by Abraham, who lived in Ur of Sumer in the 3rd millennium B.C.

Christianity was founded by Jesus, who lived in Jerusalem of Judea in the first century A.D., and it was declared official in the First Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D., when Catholicism was born.

Answer 3

== Judaism prophesied about a coming future Messiah. They expected the Messiah to come as a conquering King, crush their enemies, shower blessings on Israel, and curses on all the Gentiles. The Messiah was prophesied to be a conquering King, and also to be a suffering Servant.

The trouble is, the Jews were selective in what they chose: (i) they wanted a conqueror, (ii) they didn't want to be a servant to anyone, and (iii) they didn't believe they themselves were part of the problem. They were didn't even bother to go out and look for the Messiah when He did come, even though Jerusalem was only 5 miles from Bethlehem where He was prophesied to be born. The Magi came hundreds of miles from Persia, so if they could do it so could the Jews - they just didn't have the will.

Most Jews did not accept Jesus as Messiah - they took the healings and the free food, and still wanted signs to prove that He was the Messiah. He preached Law and Grace, but the Jews wanted Law only - they could not accept the idea of Grace. The miracles proved that Jesus was God, but the Jews did not want to accept that, so they rejected their long-awaited Messiah and had Him killed.

After Jesus was resurrected, Christianity was regarded as a sect, or an off-shoot, of Judaism. The Jews did not welcome Christianity at all, but instead persecuted Christians and tried to wipe them out. Much of the persecution of the early church was both directly by and stirred up by the jews.

Because they were not welcomed by the Jews, the church then spread to the gentile nations around about, then went from Asia to Europe. As time went on, Christians lost their Jewish roots, denied their Jewish heritage, rejected anything legalistic but concentrated on Grace. Jews were maligned by Christians, and the Christian church became anti-semitic.

The church is still seen as European, and Christianity as the white man's religion, with Christ pictured in stained-glass windows as a white man. However, Christ was actually a Jew, the original apostles were Jews, and most of the early believers were Jews. Unfortunately, many still refuse to accept this . The spread of the church to the gentiles was planned and encouraged by God in visions to both Apostles Peter & Paul. And Christ fulfilled the law in every way; He is our Sabbath rest. Hebrews 4:10 1 Corinthians 10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

Answer 4

Christianity is actually the fulfillment of Judaism, but the world will not see this until the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Christian Bible students recognize this as being true. The improvement over Judaism is from going from the law, which does not save a person and going to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, which brings salvation to any person who asks it from God.

Answer 5

Christianity certainly developed out of Judaism, since it was primarily Jews who became the leaders of Christianity and Christianity took, as its basis, numerous Jewish texts and traditions, even though it eventually altered or reinterpreted them. The only objection I have to saying "Yes" as a simple answer is that "spring forth" implies some sort of progress or improvement and I would disagree with the claim that Christianity is in any way progress or an improvement on Judaism.

Answer 6

Yes. Jesus was born Jewish, and went on to found his new religion which, to this day, contains some of the beliefs, texts and practices of Judaism. See also the Related Link.

• Why didn't the Jews accept Jesus

Note:

The accepted meaning of the word "Jew" is any adherent of the religion of Judaism, regardless of tribe. No honest answer would claim that Kohanim and Levites (for example) aren't Jewish because they aren't specifically from Judah. Any answers which would go technical by using a definition of Judaism based upon a particular Israelite tribe, would be disingenuous and misleading. Etymologically, "Jewish" stems from "Judah" only because the people of that tribe became the majority of the Jews; but Jewry has always contained members from every one of the Israelite tribes.

Answer 7

God, the creator of all things.

Christianity came from followers of Jesus Christ who spread the word about his teachings and death.

Answer 8

A:

Christianity arose from second-temple Judaism, but Hinduism is far older than Judaism and arose quite separately.

Answer 9

Christianity can be seen as a "branch off" of Judaism. The belief in the divinity of Jesus is the difference between Christians and Jews.

Answer 10

Jesus, his parents, and his disciples, were Jews.