Is Hinduism or Judaism older

Answer 1

Answer 1

According to secular history, Hinduism predates Islam by over 2000 years, with the Upanishads being written at around 1700 BCE, whereas Mohammed received the Qur'anic Revelations from 610-632 CE.

According to Islamic Theology, Islam began with the birth of Adam and therefore precedes all other religions.

Answer 2

Islam in its general sense started much before Hinduism. It started by start of universe creation and even before. Islam is an Arabic word that means submission and surrender to God (as the one and only one God). In this sense Islam began by the universe creation where all God creatures were created under their submission (Islam) to God. Upon start of mankind, they are taught through God prophets to be on full submission (Islam) to God.

All prophet missions; including Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, was to hold submission (Islam) to the one and only one God, the Creator, with no partner, no son, no father, no companion, no associate, and no resemblance (defined as monotheism).

In this sense:

• Islam per God revelation of Torah to Moses is called Judaism.
• Islam per God revelation of The Bible to Jesus is called Christianity.
• Islam per God revelation of Quran to Muhammad is called the very name Islam.

However, Islam religion per God revelation of Quran to prophet Muhammad was started well after Hinduism. It was founded by the start of Quran revelation by God to prophet Muhammad through the Angel Gabriel (Jibril) in Mecca (currently in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) in year 610 AD. Quran revelation continued also when the prophet (peace be upon him) migrated to Medina (also in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) until prophet death in year 632 AD.

Answer 2

The first break in Hinduism, when a section of the Hindus declared that the performing a Yagna sacrifice - where many animals were originally offered - was an act of apostasy and that the Vedas were not the true embodiment of knowledge. These breakaway Hindus later became the Jains, who for the first time in India (after perhaps the Indus or Saraswati valley civilization) introduced the worship of Images.

Hence, Hinduism is the oldest of all known religions.

Answer 3

Hinduism is the oldest of the 6 main world religions. It goes in the order...

• Hinduism
• Judaism
• Buddhism
• Christianity
• Islam
• Sikhism

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Islam is the oldest religion. It started by start of universe creation. Islam means submission to God, the Creator>. Accordingly, all God creatures are created on the principle of devotion and submission (or Islam) to God. Islam per Torah revelation to Moses is called Judaism. Islam per Bible revelation to Jesus is called Christianity. Islam per Quran revelation to Muhammad is called the same name Islam.

Answer 4

I well the answer is not simple. From my research Buddhism is older than the present form of Hinduism, but Brahmanism, which later merged its ideas into the early Vedic religions to become the Hinduism of today, are both much earlier than Buddhism.

Answer 5

There's no simple answer. Jewish tradition places its founding in the lifetime of Abraham (18th century BCE), which is about the same time as the beginning of the Hindu Vedic period (1750 BCE). (The earlier Indus Valley civilization is regarded by scholars as distinct from Hinduism, despite certain comparisons and possible influence.)

However, both Judaism and Hinduism are dated by some as having had a later start. Judaism was a set of non-binding traditions until the lifetime of Moses and the Divine Revelation at Mount Sinai (1312 BCE).

Hinduism as it is now formulated may be dated from the Upanishads (post-1000 BCE) or the later Hindu synthesis beginning with the Bhagavad Gita (5th century BCE at the earliest).

So there's no one-word answer.

Answer 6

Hinduism is older. In fact, Hinduism is believed to be the world's oldest widely practiced religion, with customs dating back 4,000 years. Islam is relatively young; most scholars agree that Islam started in the 7th century, so it's only about 1,300 years old.

Answer 7

No. Hinduism is older by several centuries.