Did Judaism exist before Buddhism

Answer 1

Judaism is older than Buddhism.

AnswerThe Axial Age, the period from around 800 to 200 BCE, was a period of change, right across the world, in religious beliefs and philosophy. Among many other changes, monotheistic Judaism arose in the sixth century, and Buddhism was founded some time beween the sixth and fourth centuries BCE.

Answer 2

It depends on when you believe Judaism to have come into existence.

Most scholars are relatively certain that Buddhism came into existence at around 600 BCE.

Jews believe that Judaism came into existence either with Abraham at around 1800 BCE or with the Moses' Revelation at Sinai in 1290 BCE. Secular Scholars typically advocate that Judaism really developed in Babylon in the 500s BCE.

Answer 3

There are several times when Judaism is said to have begun, but all of them precede the beginnings of Buddhism.

Jewish theology holds that Abraham was the first Jew, dating Judaism's beginnings to 1800 B.C.E. Islamic theology holds that Moses was the person who instituted the laws that define Judaism and therefore he Judaism was founded at that time, which is dated to 1300 B.C.E. Secular Historians argue that the compilation of the Torah in its present form and the development of the monotheistic form of Judaism came into existence only around 500-600 B.C.E.

Buddhism's founding time period is subject to much more agreement, which pins it down to between 300-500 B.C.E.

A note on the prior answer, Buddhism's foundation is contemporaneous with the Second Temple Period, which was from 532 B.C.E to 70 C.E.

Answer 4

After. Hinduism had been around for centuries before the birth of Siddhartha Gautama who is widely known as "The Buddha," which means "the awakened one." He is the founder of what has come to be known as Buddhism. Scholars disagree about his dates, but he was born sometime around 480 B.C.E. He studied formally with several Hindu teachers before committing himself to a different path.

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Answer 5

Judaism and Hinduism are the origin faiths for Christianity and Buddhism. These two old religions are essentially the same age but from different cultural bases. So Buddhism came after Judaism as Christianity came after Hinduism.If you take the founding dates of the two original religions as being tied to the later ones, Buddhism and Christianity have roots stretching about as far back as the other.

Answer 6

Buddhism began in the 6th century B.C. This was after the time of the Jewish patriarchs and after Moses and Solomon but before the Second Temple period.

Answer 7

Buddhism is no older than the Buddha, who was born no earlier than 563 BCE. The Babylonian exile began around 597 BCE. By that time, the first Temple in Jerusalem had been in place for on the order of 400 years. So, Judaism gets the prize. However, there's always room for quibbling. You could argue that rabbinic Judaism is only about 2000 years old and differs in significant ways from the old Judaism of the Temple, from which it evolved. The counter-quibble is to note that Buddhism also evolved in significant ways, leading us back to the original conclusion, Judaism is older.