What judeo-Christian concept?

Answer 1

Answer 1

Judeo-Christianity is not a unified religion. "Judeo-Christian Ethics" is used by many Christians as an adjective to give the longevity of the Jewish experience to buttress much of their religious ideology which they may or may not share with Jews. Judaism came into existence between 4000 and 3200 years ago with the Divine Revelations to Abraham and Moses and Christianity came into existence between 2000 and 1700 years ago when the Apostles of Jesus recognized his Divinity and Sacrifice for Humanity.

Some of the actual shared beliefs of Judaism and Christianity include the idea that the directives of how to live in the world already exist because of God and that a person should come into compliance with those directives. This leads to a vast number of smaller points:

• The Law is divinely given and therefore people must bend to fit Divine precepts (as opposed to laws being malleable to human will).
• Faith is given freely on account of love and hope.
• The only or best way to know the truths of this world is through Divine Revelation. (It depends on the particular strain of Judaism or Christianity as to whether science is wholly excluded.)
• Every man and woman must contribute to the growth and flourishing of the society in a spiritual, helpful, and honest way.
• The greatest leader among men is the High Rabbi or High Priest, for he best knows the Divine.
• People should be governed by trusted authorities (as opposed to anarchy or corrupt authorities)
• War is undesirable, but may be necessary to protect value and virtue
• Hope and Conviction are prudent for a successful and meaningful life.

Answer 2

There is no such thing as Judeo-Christian as the core tenets of the two religions are diametrically opposed. Judeo-Christian was an invention of Christianity. The Jewish Bible is called the Tanach and the Christian Old Testament is based on the Tanach but was altered to support the teachings of Christianity.

Answer 3

It simply means a combination of Jewish and Christian beliefs, as one evolved from the other. It is not only the ideas the agree, but all beliefs in the two categories (as the moral values and such are quite similar).

Answer 4

The Christian religion evolved from Judaism. Jesus was the King of the Jews. The Old Testament is from Judaism, Moses and the Ten Commandments. The concept of monotheism which they share with the Muslim faith should also be mentioned. All three share the same biblical roots and all share more in common then they have in opposition. They all are people of the "Book" and all share a mutual starting point.

Answer 2

There is no one Jewish world view. As of 2010 there are about 14 million Jews in the world, representing about 14 million world views.

But there are some things that many Jews can agree on. Ethical behavior in life, and making the world a better place (Tikkun Olam) are of utmost importance.

Traditional Jews hold that the world stands on three things (Pirkei Avot ch.1): Torah (learning) Avodah (service, prayer...also sometimes translated as work), and G'milut Chassadim (deeds of love).

Answer:The worldview of Judaism is that this world is a purposeful creation by God, in which all people are tested concerning their use of free-will. We possess a soul which lives on after the body dies and is held responsible for the person's actions. Anyone who is worthy, Jewish or not, can merit reward in the afterlife.
Here is a list of the most basic beliefs of Judaism, as codified by Maimonides:
1. God exists, and is the Creator.
This tells us that the world is not purposeless or chaotic. Life is the result of a deliberate, purposeful, intelligent and kind Creator; not a melancholy chaos or a string of fortuitous accidents.
2. God is One and unique.
This is the basis of all Western monotheistic belief, which was given to the world by Abraham and his descendants. This belief places God at the center of reality and the center of our world-outlook and thoughts.
3. God is not physical.
This includes the corollary that no person should be worshiped as God or as a god. Judaism has no god-kings, no demigods, no angel who flouts God's will, and no sports-idols, movie-idols etc.
4. God is eternal.
This includes the belief that God's ways are also eternal. God is not capricious, forgetful or fickle. Investing in a relationship with God is the only thing that will bear eternal benefits.
5. Prayer is to be directed only to God.
This teaches us that no person, government or institution is to be accorded blind trust. We pray directly to God, three times a day; and we recount our shortcomings, ask for our needs, and acknowledge our successes with happy thanks.
6. The words of the prophets are true.
The prophecies of the Hebrew Bible have been coming true throughout history. Even secular archaeologists (the unbiased ones) have stated that the Hebrew Bible is the most accurate of historical records, as the disdainful theories of Wellhausen and Bible-critics of his ilk have been shattered by the archaeologist's spade. A list of Bible verses which were called into question but later shown to be perfectly accurate would run into the many hundreds.
7. The prophecies of Moses are true; and he was the greatest prophet.
8. The Torah was given to Moses by God.
These two beliefs are the basis of our attitude towards the Torah: it is the center of our lives. Jews are keeping mitzvot (commands), saying blessings, praying, learning Torah and doing acts of kindness and charity all the time. The Torah is the single greatest thing that a Jew has; given to us to provide knowledge, guidance, inspiration, awe and reverence, advice, law, comfort, history and more. It is the basis of Judaism.
9. There will be no other Torah.
We Jews have been around for 3800 years. New fads, manifestos, beliefs or lifestyles which rear their heads are met by the Jew with a calm, seasoned eye and the proverbial grain of salt. The Torah doesn't change; and every new thing can be measured against the Torah's standards.
10. God knows the thoughts and deeds of all.
11. God rewards the good and punishes the wicked.
These two beliefs provide a vast incentive towards righteousness and, when needed, repentance.
They also form part of the basis of our belief in the afterlife, since this entire world wouldn't be enough to reward a Moses or punish a Hitler.
God is just (Deuteronomy 32:4); and all outstanding accounts are settled after this life.
12. The Messiah will come.

13. The dead will be resurrected.
Judaism is the only ancient religion which taught optimism; and a large part of that optimism was and is based upon the words of the prophets.

Answer 3

There is no such thing as a "Judeo-Christian" belief since there are no such things as "Judeo-Christians". The term "Judeo-Christian" is used by Christians to bootstrap the longer length of Jewish tradition to Christian ideals and values, regardless of whether Jews actually espouse the same beliefs as Christians. As a result, the most commonly cited "Judeo-Christian" values deal more with Christianity than an actual shared heritage.

Some beliefs that are typically implied by the term "Judeo-Christian" are: a respect for human life, civil discourse, compassion for your neighbor, a prohibition on lying, stealing, murder, and adultery, and a love of family and warm-heartedness.

Answer 4

There is no such thing as a "Judeo-Christian" belief since there are no such things as "Judeo-Christians". The term "Judeo-Christian" is used by Christians to bootstrap the longer length of Jewish tradition to Christian ideals and values, regardless of whether Jews actually espouse the same beliefs as Christians. As a result, the most commonly cited "Judeo-Christian" values deal more with Christianity than an actual shared heritage.

Answer 5

you don't.

This might be more helpful,

Judeo Christianity

What does the term mean? Judaism overrun by Christianity? Christianity overrun by Judaism? Did not Christianity grow out of opposition to Judaism? Did not Christ throw the buyers and sellers from the temple? Was not Christ crucified at the behest of the Jews? Are not parts of the Talmud filled with vilification of both Christ and his mother? How can they be linked? The two beliefs differ profoundly. The one intensely racist the other with the instruction to "Teach all peoples"

The Jewish scholar Dr. Joseph Klausner in his book "Jesus of Nazareth" expressed the Judaic viewpoint that Christ's teachings were "...so irreconcilable with the spirit of Judaism, " containing "the germs from which there could and must develop in course of time a non-Jewish and even anti-Jewish teaching."

Gershon Mamlak, an award-winning Jewish Zionist intellectual, recently claimed that the "Jesus tradition " is in direct conflict to Judaism's role as the Chosen people".

Confusion over the origin of Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity is the root of the Judeo-Christian myth. Biblical scholars Robert and Mary Coote clearly show in their book " Politics and the Making of The Bible" that neither is Christianity a patched up Judaism, nor is Rabbinic Judaism automatically synonymous with the religion of Moses and the old Hebrews.

In their book the Cootes illustrate the religious climate in Judea two millennia ago: "The cults, practices, and scriptures of both groups, rabbis and bishops, differed from those of the temple; thus we reserve the terms Jew, Jewish, and Judaism for the rabbis and those under their rule and use Judean, contrary to custom, for the common source of Judaism and Christianity... Despite the ostensible merging of Judean and Jew even in certain New Testament passages and by the rabbis who became rulers of Palestine in the third century and continued to use Hebrew and Aramaic more than Greek, the roots of Christianity were not Jewish. Christianity did not derive from the Judaism of the pharisees, but emerged like Judaism from the wider Judean milieu of the first century...."

The few New Testament 'proof texts' utilised by Christian Zionists and secular proponents of the modern Judeo-Christian myth are the product of poor translation. Messianic Jewish writer Malcolm Lowe in his paper "Who Are the Ioudaioi?" concludes, like Robert and Mary Coote, that the Greek word "Ioudaioi" in the New Testament should be translated as "Judeans", rather than the more usual "Jews".

Few Christians are aware that the translators of Scripture often mistranslated the word "Jew" from such words as "Ioudaioi" (meaning from, or being of, as a geographic area, Judean). The word Judean, mistranslated as "Jew" in the New Testament, never possessed a valid religious connotation, but was simply used to identify members of the native population of the geographic area known as Judea. Also it is important to understand that in the Scriptures, the terms "Israel", "Judah" and "Jew" are not synonymous, nor is the House of Israel synonymous with the House of Judah. The course of history is widely divergent for the peoples properly classified under each of these titles. Accordingly, the authoritative 1980 Jewish Almanac says, "Strictly speaking it is incorrect to call an ancient Israelite a Jew or to call a contemporary Jew an Israelite or a Hebrew."

A writer for The Dearborn Independent, published in Michigan in 1922, summarised the problem thus: "The pulpit has also the mission of liberating the Church from the error that Judah and Israel are synonymous. The reading of the Scriptures which confuse the tribe of Judah with Israel, and which interpret every mention of Israel as signifying the Jews, is at the root of more than one-half the confusion and division traceable in Christian doctrinal statements."

Answer 6

A Belgian philosopher Leo Postel said a world view should comprise these six elements:

1. An explanation of the world
2. An eschatology, answering the question "where are we heading?"
3. Values, answers to ethical questions: "What should we do?", What would Jesus do?
4. A praxeology, or methodology, or theory of action.: "How should we attain our goals?"
5. An epistemology, or theory of knowledge. "What is true and false?", John 18:38
6. An etiology. A constructed world-view should contain an account of its own "building blocks," its origins and construction.

For a Christian the Bible says:

The world was created by God and is sustained by God. The world was given to mankind to inhabit. Our life on earth is only temporary we have the gift of eternal life after death. Our ethical guidelines are summed up in the two commandments Love God, love your neighbour. The indwelling Holy Spirit and the word of God guide our actions. God's word is truth.

Answer 7

The Christian world view as inflicted on the world over the past 2000 years or so seems to be:

1. They are right (Some Christian sects who don't believe exactly the same are excluded from this group and are counted with the non-believers)
   
2. They are better than other religions (see point one)
   
3. Other religions better convert to the beliefs of the right group of Ciristians.
   
4. Christians (at least some of them) go to heaven when they die
   
5. Everyone else who is alive at the end of the world and anyone who was alive before Christianity was invented goes to hell.
   

Answer 8

This refers to God who is accepted by both Jews and Christians as the one omnipotent and omniscient God.

Answer 9

The Judeo-Christian worldview is that God created the world. Man is the highest form of creation and has dominion over all of creation.

Answer 10

The relaionship between jewish and Christian concepts