Christianity and Judaism

Christianity forms a part of the monotheistic religions and represents the world´s largest religion. It's followers are called Christians and they believe in the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth also known as Jesus Christ as described in the New Testament. Christians believe that Jesus is the son of God and see him as a teacher which is the example for a devotional life. Jesus Christ is the revealer of God and the saviour of humanity as he was crucifixed in order to bring salvation from sin.

Jesus of Nazareth was born in Palestine about 2000 years ago. The things we know about him have reached ourselves by the gospels written by his disciples. 

Jesus says to the people of Palestine that he is the son of God and many people believe him. The Jewish authorities saw his statement as a blasphemy and handed him over to the Romans who condemned him to die on the cross. Then the apostles (Jesus closest disciples) said that Jesus resurrected and elevated towards the sky. The resurrection of Jesus confirmed the apostles' belief in Jesus's divinity and decided to expand his doctrine, giving birth to Christianism.

Jews believe in Judaism and it is based on the writings in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) and the Talmud. Judaism is one of the oldest religions of the world. The Jew community which lived in Palestine 2000 years ago was the origin of Christianism and due to this fact Judaism has much more influence than the actual number of believers shows.

Judaism was born around 4000 years ago in the region of Canaan, a zone which now correspond to Israel and Palestine. This was the religion which was practiced by the Hebrews, a nomad tribe which lived in these territories. Today's known Jews are the descendants of this people and their lives are explained in the Bible.

Abraham, according to the book of Genesis, tells us that he was born in Ur, region which is known today as Iraq and was the first leader of the Hebrews. It is said that he made an alliance with God in which he promised that he was going to adore him and as return God would give him protection and descendants. God also promised that the Hebrews were going to become strong. Isaac and Jacob continued to adore God in belief to be protected by this divine authority. 

 

Judaism is a monotheist religion just as Christianism. Jews believe in Yahve. Jews say that pronouncing his name is disrespectful and therefore they call him Adonay which means "my lord". Jews the same as Christians say that God created the world and everything that exists.

Jews think that one day the Messiah will come and give the world peace and reconstruct it's the peoples' power.

The Torá of the Jews or the 10 commandments for Christians are exactly the same. This is a list of rules which a Jew or Christian has to be loyal to in order to maintain his faith. This list as the Bible tells was given to Moses by God on the mountain of Sinai.