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Judaism and
Christianity
What’s the diference, and how do we help to guide them to the truth?



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RS15 Unit 7 Lesson 1: Judaism
Research Paper (__/100 Marks)
#n this lesson% &o' read a(o't the )hara)teristi)s of *'daism. +o' learned a(o't how *ews are
similar to and different from Christians and finall&% how the& have (een perse)'ted (& Christians.
,or this 'nit% there is onl& one lesson and onl& one assignment -'estion and so it is a larger one.
+o' are e.pe)ted to resear)h the topi)/ develop a strong thesis/ and write a solid resear)h paper
0footnoting so'r)es thro'gho't1 that also in)l'des a title page and a (i(liograph&.
Re)ord in a three to fo'r 0do'(le spa)ed1 page essa& &o'r arg'ment for how Christians sho'ld
respond to *ews. 2egin with a )omparison (etween Christianit& and *'daism. 3se this
)omparison as a (asis for an arg'ment pointing to a proper attit'de Christians sho'ld have
towards *ews as well as ideas on how to present the gospel to *ews. 4re there other o(ligations
Christians have towards *ews as well5
6ere is a )he)7list of the points that are to (e mentioned in &o'r essa&:
8 Comparison of two religions
8 6ow *ews view 9od
8 6ow *ews view Christ
8 :he three main (ran)hes of *'daism 0don;t treat all *ews e-'all& in &o'r essa&1
8 :he 6olo)a'st
8 :he present nation of #srael
2e s're to 'se as man& <)ript're -'otations as are helpf'l. +o'r mar7 will (e (ased not onl& on
&o'r 'nderstanding of *'daism and *ews ('t also &o'r 'nderstanding of 9od.
< Judaism and Christianity, two of the world’s largest religious groups, almost everyone
knows something about each, but how much do we really know? How different are they
really from each other? And how much are they the same?
et’s start off with Judaism, starting with a list that contains some of their general beliefs,
held by some, but certainly not all Jews!
 "hat #od alone is creator
 "hat He is absolutely one
 "hat He has no body or bodily shape
 "hat He is the first and the last
 "hat only to Him may we pray and to no other!
 "hat the words of the prophets are true!
 "hat the prophecy of $oses is true, and that he is the father of all prophets!
 "hat the "orah was given by $oses!
 "hat this "orah is not sub%ect to change, and there will never be another "orah from
the Creator!
 "hat the creator knows all the thoughts and deeds of man!
 "hat He rewards and punishes according to the deed!
 "hat the $essiah will come& though He tarry, ' will e(pect Him daily!
 "hat the dead will be resurrected!
Again, those are the basic building blocks of the Jewish belief, and not all are believed by
every Jew! )or e(ample in the three Jewish branches, the *rthodo(, the reform, and the
conservative, the reform Jews do not even believe that there will be a $essiah, and instead
a time of peace on earth that does not involve the $essiah’s coming to earth! "he
conservative Jews hold a wide variety of views on #od, even as to whether or not He e(ists,
which would certainly seem to contradict the first of the list of beliefs! 't %ust goes to show
how varying the belief system is in the Jewish culture, as it is in our own!
 http+,,www!%ewfa-!org,g.d!htm
 http+,,%udaism!about!com,od,%udaismbasics,a,whatdo%ewsbelieve!htm
 Religious study 15, unit 7 lesson 1
 Title: A spectator’s Guide to World religions: an introduction to the big five Author: !ohn "ic#son $ages %& ' 1(%
/ow let’s turn to Christianity and see what a general list of beliefs on their end looks like,
along the way ' will be marking in red the areas that contradict the Jewish list of beliefs!
 Christians believe that there is only one #od
 Christians believe in the "rinity
 0epending on what denomination you look at, it is either believed that #od has a
bodily form in one way or another!
 Christians believe that #od is the )irst and the ast 1Revelations 1: 8 =# am 4lpha and
>mega% the (eginning and the end% saith the ?ord% @hi)h is% and @hi)h was% and whi)h
is to )ome% the 4lmight&A. B*C2
 3e may worship 1and thus pray2 only to one #od
 3e believe in what the prophets have written
 3e believe that what $oses’ wrote was true
 3e believe that $oses did write the first 4 books of the 5ible
 3e believe that the 5ible is not sub%ect to change 1Revelation 22:18-1D ,or # testif&
'nto ever& man that heareth the words of the prophe)& of this (oo7% #f an& man shall add
'nto these things% 9od shall add 'nto him the plag'es that are written in this (oo7: 4nd if
an& man shall ta7e awa& from the words of the (oo7 of this prophe)&% 9od shall ta7e
awa& his part o't of the (oo7 of life% and o't of the hol& )it&% and from the things whi)h
are written in this (oo7. 6J72
 3e believe that #od knows both man’s thoughts and his heart! 11 <am'el 1!:7 2't
the ?ord said 'nto <am'el% ?oo7 not on his )o'ntenan)e% or on the height of his stat're/
(e)a'se # have ref'sed him: for the ?ord seeth not as man seeth/ for man loo7eth on the
o'tward appearan)e% ('t the ?ord loo7eth on the heart. B*C and Esalm 13D:1- > lord%
tho' hast sear)hed me% and 7nown me. :ho' 7nowest m& downsitting and mine 'prising%
tho' 'nderstandest m& tho'ght afar off. :ho' )ompassest m& path and m& l&ing down%
and art a)-'ainted with all m& wa&s. ,or there is not a word in m& tong'e% ('t% lo% >
?ord% tho' 7nowest it altogether. B*C2
 0epending on the denomination, we believe that #od neither rewards nor punishes
us for our deeds to the e(tent that it is taken, #od either helps and guides you, or
you refuse Him and allow satan to 8help9 and 8guide9 you, however #od does
punish us when our deeds become so evil that there is no good left in us, as He did in
:odom and #omorra, and as He did to the people the 'sraelites were con-uer!
1;salm <=>+ ? @ << :he ?ord is mer)if'l and gra)io's% slow to anger% and plenteo's in
mer)&. 6e will not alwa&s )hide: neither will he 7eep his anger for ever. 6e hath not dealt
with 's after o'r sins/ nor rewarded 's a))ording to o'r ini-'ities. ,or as the heaven is
high a(ove the earth% so great is his mer)& toward them that fear him. 6J72
 3e believe that the $essiah has come already, and the name of that $essiah was
Jesus, we also believe that He will come again at the close of probation to gather His
people! 1*ohn 1:1-3
?et not &o'r heart (e tro'(led: &e (elieve in 9od% (elieve also in me. #n m& ,atherFs
ho'se are man& mansions: if it were not so% # wo'ld have told &o'. # go to prepare a pla)e
for &o'. 4nd if # go and prepare a pla)e for &o'% # will )ome again% and re)eive &o' 'nto
m&self/ that where # am% there &e ma& (e also. 6J72
 3e to believe that the dead will be resurrected at the time of Jesus’ coming
As you can see there aren’t that many areas that the two religions disagree& however the
points that it does disagree upon are certainly ma%or ones! ike the belief, or disbelief in
Christ being the foretold savior!
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/ow that we have given a general coverage to the beliefs of each side, let’s focus in on what
Judaism is about in regards to #od, and what they think Jesus actually was! As well as a
closer look at the three ma%or branches of Judaism, and what each believes in regards to
the above topics!
Judaism and #od, what do they believe? "hey believe a lot of things that are similar to
ours, "hey believe in there is a #od that e(ists, and that He is the only one that does e(ist,
there is no other, and there are not multiple entities of #od and is merely man’s finite mind
attempting to e(plain the infinite! 't is believed that #od is the creator of everything,
including evil and that satan was instead not the creator of evil! "hat although the 5ible
speaks of attributes of #od, such as hands 1'saiah KH+<K.<I,2 feet etc! that since none of
these were physically observed by the prophets of the 5ible, that #od must then be a spirit
with no bodily form, and all of these descriptions are instead human error trying to
describe #od to make it easier to understand #od’s work, along with this that #od is also
neither male nor female, but is only described in feminine, or masculine terms for
simplicity! #od is also believed to be everywhere at all times, as well as all powerful, e(cept
for the ability to force you to do something, that He is said to not be able to do! He is also
capable of knowing all, past, present and future, as well as our thoughts! #od is both %ust
and merciful, both balanced in perfect harmony as well as eternal, #od is, was, and what is
to be, He is Holy and perfect!
"hat sums up the general beliefs about #od that are held by many, but of course not all
Jews!
/ow however let’s see their views on Jesus, what He was, and why they don’t accept Him!
#enerally Jesus is viewed as either a false $essiah or false prophet, He is viewed this way
due to the 8fact9 that Jesus did not fulfil the $essianic prophesy, He was supposed to
rebuild the third temple, return the Jews back to their homeland from which they were
scattered to, end hatred and bring world peace, as well as spread the word of #od to all
humanity, uniting human kind as one! As well He did not meet the prere-uisites for being
the $essiah, since He is said to have been born a virgin birth, He has no father, which
would go against the prere-uisite that He is to be a descendant from 6ing 0avid! As well, it
is said that He did not observe the 8"orah9, and fre-uently went against the
commandments claiming them to be not important in observing them, as well since the
general belief is that #od is 8one9, Jesus claiming He is the :on of #od is blasphemy, and
also causes Him to be claimed a false prophet!
However Jesus isn’t fully thought of this way all around, He is sometimes thought of as a
good guy who helped lead the people closer to "orah observance!
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/ow that we have covered the general beliefs of Judaism, and Judaism’s views on #od, lets
over each of the three associations of Judaism, listed from oldest to newest& *rthodo(,
Ceform, Conservative, ' will be writing a brief over view of history of each and the general
beliefs of each, as well as each associations views of #od! As for their view of Christ, each
holds practically the same view, so ' will not be enlarging on that at this time!
 *rthodo(, dates back to G
nd
and 4
th
centuries, was the only version of Judaism until
appro(imately the <?
th
century, generally attempts to maintain the traditions of old,
and generally believes that the "orah was given to man from #od directly! 5elieves
that #od is a spirit with no form, He is omnipotent, omnipresent, eternal, person
and compassionate!
 Ceform, 0ates to the late <?
th
century, it was looking to moderniMe Judaism, and
thus stem the threat of assimilating upon Jewry in #ermany! #enerally believes that
the "orah a record kept by man to preserve the history, culture, legends and hope of
the people! 5elieves that there can be multiple views of the god concept, ranging
from naturalists to mystics, from supernaturalists to religious humanism, believes
that 8the truth is that we do not know the truth!9
 Conservative, dates back to the <H
th
century following the e(tremely assimilation of
the Jews during the Holocaust attempting to be a middle ground by adopting some
modern but keeping some traditional views! "he Holocaust was a time in history in
which Jews among others races and nations were rounded up, concentrated in areas
then either killed by gas chamber, shooting, burning, among other forms of murder,
or sent to labor camps and killed later, most usually by starvation , lack of nutrition,
or the gas chamber when they no longer were able to produce! "his is a ma%or point
in Jewish history as it not only was a very difficult time but it also showed to the
world the great residence of the Jewish faith! "here is no definite number to -uote
as to how many Jews died during this time, but it has been estimated to be at least I
million, however some say there could be more, and others less, all that is apparent
is that it was sad time in both Jewish and non.Jewish history, that '’m sure we all
pray will never happen again! Conservative Jews hold the belief that the "orah was
given to man by #od, but was interpreted by man, and thus has a human element to
it! #od is viewed in a fle(ible way, but not as much as reform is, He is also viewed in
a non.dogmatic view& however #od is viewed in a non.person, ineffable point of
view!
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 Religious study 15, unit 7 lesson 1
 Title: A spectator’s Guide to World religions: an introduction to the big five Author: !ohn "ic#son $ages %& ' 1(%
:o after hearing their beliefs, you would maybe come to the conclusion that if left to their
own devices they should still be a very -uaint and peaceful country right? 3ell, not -uite,
the current state of 'srael is one of -uite a bit of tumult and poverty stricken, many young
boys have trouble even finding work, the cost for basic goods continues to rise and barely
any one can even afford them from day to day! /ot to mention that currently they are at
odds with ;alestine, and it is turning into an all.out 8war9 to a degree between the two
nations!
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3ith all of that said, the -uestion comes up, 8so how should we act towards Jews?9 from
the Christian community! ' will attempt at this point to answer this with the best of my
ability, and the best of my knowledge! ' personally feel that how we should act towards
Jews is the same way we would, or should act towards each other as Christians! Nou should
treat them no different as you would to your fellow Christian& 11 Eeter 3:1"-17 2't san)tif&
the ?ord 9od in &o'r hearts: and (e read& alwa&s to give an answer to ever& man that as7eth &o'
a reason of the hope that is in &o' with mee7ness and fear: 6aving a good )ons)ien)e/ that%
whereas the& spea7 evil of &o'% as of evildoers% the& ma& (e ashamed that falsel& a))'se &o'r
good )onversation in Christ. ,or it is (etter% if the will of 9od (e so% that &e s'ffer for well doing%
than for evil doing. 6J72 they are all #od’s people whether or not they are on the 8right9
path! "heir religious views are very close to ours, as well, they, like we should also, have
studied the 5ible very thoroughly, and have most likely grown up with it being a part of
their daily lives! 't will most likely a very deeply rooted, in their daily lives, simply trying to
convince them of why their religion is wrong, or why they have been taught a partial lie all
of their lives will not work! 'f their beliefs were that easily changed, they would not have
made it through the Holocaust! Onless you provide an argument with a thorough
reinforced with scripture argument to them, they will not even begin to listen to you
because %ust a sour religion has been probably our only way of life, so has theirs, and you
are literally asking them to give that all away to go with something foreign that has no
guarantee of 8success9! And during this entire time, you will be needing to pray a lot for
#od’s guidance and for His help in helping this person to understand what you are saying,
not to mention lots of patients for that person as they are going through a very though time
during this, which will be causing a lot of -uestions and concerns to be coming to mind that
you will be needed to give answers to all of them 3ith a heart full of 6indness 1Gphesians
:32 - 4nd (e &e 7ind one to another% tenderhearted% forgiving one another% even as 9od for
ChristFs sa7e hath forgiven &o'. 6J72! As hard as this may seem, it is our duty, and our
privilege to do this 1Har7 1!:1" - 4nd he said 'nto them% 9o &e into all the world% and prea)h
the gospel to ever& )reat're! 6J72, as we need to try our hardest to bring people to #od’s
word before it is too late to do so!
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pages, title page,
checlist of all ! points
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#cripture quotations,
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written
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Research
[ /16]
'tili(es a "ariety of
sources) credi*le print,
+nternet and data*ase
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'tili(es minimum (,%
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Introduction
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[ /8]
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transitions to the
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thesis statement
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smoothly outlines the
main
points to *e discussed$
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thesis statement, and
is mostly efecti"e$
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may not include a
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information is a*sent$
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constructed sentences
with supporting
details, and smooth
transitions$
+ncorporates
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the *ody of the te1t as
well as rele"ant
outside information$
.ichly supports the
theme or
pro*lem with rele"ant
facts, e1amples, and
details$
paragraphs
includes a well2written
topic sentence,
sentences with
supporting details, and
transitions$
+ncorporates
information from the
documents in the *ody
of the te1t as well as
rele"ant outside
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paragraphs includes a
topic sentence and
supporting sentences,
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read and often lacs
transitions$
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sentences$ /he
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all of the *ody
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4oes not incorporate
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%onc&usion
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/he conclusion is
strong and lea"es the
reader solidly
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writer5s position$ /he
conclusion has
an efecti"e
restatement of the
thesis statement$ /he
essay is completely
summed up$
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recogni(a*le and fairly
smooth to read$ /he
author5s position is
restated$ /he
essay is summed up$
/he conclusion is
recogni(a*le$ /he
author5s position is
restated within the
closing paragraph$
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up$
/he thesis is not
restated
or is found in the same
wording as the
introduction$ /he essay
is not summed up$
'ootnotes
and
Bi(&iograhy
[ /8]
All sources are
documented correctly
and contain the
necessary information$
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and most ha"e the
necessary information$
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documented correctly$
6one of sources are
documented$ /here are
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%on)entions
[ /8]
Author maes "irtually
no
errors in grammar,
spelling or punctuation
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reader from the
content$
Author maes few
errors in grammar,
spelling or
punctuation that
distract the reader
from the content$
Author maes some
errors in grammar,
spelling or
punctuation that
distract the reader
from the content$
Author maes
e1cessi"e errors in
grammar, spelling or
punctuation that distract
the reader from the
content$
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