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Is the old testatment also shared by Jews and christians? If that is the case, then that means that there was Judaism before christianity. But then isn't it natural that they would say that Jews are the chosen people?
I mean, if christianity was based on hinduism instead, and shared their book, wouldn't the indians be the chosen?
Jews have a much different interpretation of the meaning of the OT than Christians do, but yes, early Christians were Jews. They were heavily influenced by their Greek counterparts as well, so it's kind of a mishmash of ideas rolled into one.
Jews have a much different interpretation of the meaning of the OT than Christians do, .
I think you need to define "much different". Some differences, yes, mostly centering around parts of Isaiah and a few other sections of the Prophets. At to the Torah, we don't follow the Law of Moses, but Christians see it as valid for its time-before the Messiah came.
Many Jews became Christians in the first century. Practically all of Pharisees. The Saducees, not so much.
I know Jesus was Jew. But that is not what I was trying to understand.
Thank you
What are you trying to understand? Your question about Hindu's makes no sense because, obviously, Jesus wasn't a Hindu so it's nothing more than fanciful speculation.
What are you trying to understand? Your question about Hindu's makes no sense because, obviously, Jesus wasn't a Hindu so it's nothing more than fanciful speculation.
I need answers from mature people..those are usually what I find helpful.
I believe the Christians consider their New Testament to have superseded what Jews call Scripture (we do not use the term "Old Testament," which is fairly condescending).
Jews have a much different interpretation of the meaning of the OT than Christians do, but yes, early Christians were Jews. They were heavily influenced by their Greek counterparts as well, so it's kind of a mishmash of ideas rolled into one.
In biblical scholarship, there is a word for the early proto-Christians who were still Jewish but started to veer off into what is now Christianity, with the mishmash you mention: the Jesusbewegung. It's a German word.
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