What was the religion of Jesus before judism?

Answer 1

Jesus was born a Jew from the tribe of Judah. His was raised in Judaism and fulfilled the law of the Jews as no other before Him. His teachings were straight from God the father who had given the law (Ten Commandments) to the Hebrews. Jesus had no other religion before this.

Answer 2

Based upon a massive worldwide study of the most ancient inscriptions and the earliest levels of civilization, Dr. Wilhelm Schmidt (in his twelve-volume Der Ursprung Der Gottesidee) concluded that the original belief was monotheistic. It was a simple belief in the Creator (Dyeus Pater; Sky-Father) with no imagery of any kind. It gave way relatively quickly to polytheism and idolatry, but its traces could still be seen by the careful researcher. Other traditions also are traceable worldwide, such as the religious significance of the number seven, and the immortality of the soul.

Idolatry and immorality came before Judaism but after the original brief monotheism, as the spiritual level of the ancient nations descended and they succumbed to their desires (Talmud, Sanhedrin 63). Even then, the subsequent idolatry retained vestiges of the original belief. (See: How did polytheism start?)

Abraham (who founded Judaism) came at a time when the (relatively) new idolatry had completely supplanted peoples' awareness of One God. Being surrounded by idolaters, he discovered the truth through his own efforts; but in effect he was actually reinstating the original belief. His efforts were corroborated later, when the Torah was given at Sinai. (See: Biography of Abraham and Moses)
This explains why Adam, and a few others, were considered something akin to Torah-sages. Though they came before Judaism, they had the original beliefs and practices which were later revived in the Torah-tradition.
The Bible doesn't conceal the fact that later, during the era of Judges and Kings, many of the Israelites went astray after the idolatry of the surrounding peoples. (In different forms this repeated itself later with the Hellenizing Jews and the Sadducees.) However, these sinners did not represent normative Judaism. They were deviating from from the Torah's standard; they were publicly, repeatedly, and scathingly excoriated by the Prophets, and they brought God's retribution upon the entire people.

Answer 3

Many scholars regard Judaism as developed from the Canaanite religion of the Hebrew ancestors. This is especially so since archaeological finds in recent years have shown just how close Hebrew religion was to other north-west Semitic religions. Lang, cited in English by Keel and Uehlinger (Gods, Goddesses and Images of God in Ancient Israel), says:
"In the four and a half centuries during which there were one or two Israelite monarchies (ca. 1020-586 B.C.), there was a dominant, polytheistic religion that was indistinguishable from that of neighboring peoples. Insofar as there were differences between the Ammonite, Moabite, Edomite, Tyrian, etc. versions of religion, these beliefs stayed within the framework of Near Eastern polytheism, and each should be interpreted as a local variant of the same basic pattern. The Israelites . . . venerated their own protector god who was there to provide for health and family. But they venerated Yahweh [God] as well, the regional and national god, whose special domain dealt with war and peace issues. Finally, they worshiped gods who performed specific functions, those that were responsible for various special needs: weather, rain, women's fertility, etc."
We find two early names for God in the Book of Genesis - Yahweh (biblical Hebrew: YHWH) and Elohim, a variant of 'El. El was the Canaanite father of the gods, whose 70 sons chose nations to rule. Yahweh chose Israel (and Judah). However, Yahweh was not a Canaanite god, but appears to have originated among the Midianites, where the Egyptian records show YHW to have been the national god. Yahweh seems to have been adopted into the Hebrew pantheon before 1000 BCE and later began to be syncretised with El (Elohim), eventually being identified as the one God.

Judaism continued to be polytheistic until the Babylonian Exile or, in some views, shortly before. By the post-Exilic period, Judaism was monotheistic and the Hebrew Bible that we associate with Judaism had come into existence. However, this 'Second Temple Judaism' was still identifiably different from the rabbinic Judaism that arose after the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE.

Modern Judaism is the result of a long process, beginning with the Canaanite gods of the early Iron Age.

Answer 4

There were countless religions around the room prior to Judaism. The distinction was that Judaism introduced monotheism.

Answer 5

Most religions in the world today existed before Christianity. Islam is a "younger" religion. Many pagan and polytheistic religions were replaced by monotheistic religions.

Answer 6

Judaism was founded by Abraham 3800 years ago.

Christianity was founded about 1990 years ago, primarily by former Jews.

Answer 7

Hinduism