Christianity and Judaism: Difference between revisions

According to [[Christian theologian]] [[Alister McGrath]], the Jewish Christians affirmed every aspect of then contemporary [[Second Temple Judaism]] with the addition of the belief that Jesus was the messiah,<ref>McGrath, Alister E., Christianity: An Introduction. Blackwell Publishing (2006). {{ISBN|1-4051-0899-1}}. p. 174: "In effect, they [Jewish Christians] seemed to regard Christianity as an affirmation of every aspect of contemporary Judaism, with the addition of one extra belief—that Jesus is the Messiah. Unless males were [[Circumcision controversy in early Christianity|circumcised]], they could not be saved{{bibleverse||Acts|15:1}}.";see also [[Paleo-orthodoxy]]</ref> with Isaiah 49:6, "an explicit parallel to 42:6" quoted by [[Paul the Apostle]] in Acts 13:47<ref>Beale, Gregory K., Other Religions in New Testament Theology, in David Weston Baker, ed., ''Biblical faith and other religions: an evangelical assessment'', Kregel Academic, 2004, p. 85</ref> and reinterpreted by [[Justin Martyr]].<ref>McKeehan, James, ''An Overview of the Old Testament and How It Relates to the New Testament'', iUniverse, 2002, p. 265</ref><ref>Philippe Bobichon, "L'enseignement juif, païen, hérétique et chrétien dans l'œuvre de Justin Martyr", ''Revue des Études Augustiniennes'' 45/2 (1999), pp. 233-259 [https://www.academia.edu/7279724/_Lenseignement_juif_pa%C3%AFen_h%C3%A9r%C3%A9tique_et_chr%C3%A9tien_dans_l%C5%93uvre_de_Justin_Martyr_Revue_des_%C3%89tudes_Augustiniennes_45_2_1999_p_233_259 online]</ref> According to Christian writers, most notably Paul, the Bible teaches that people are, in their current state, [[sin]]ful,<ref>{{bibleverse||Romans|3:23}}</ref> and the [[New Testament]] reveals that Jesus is both the [[Son of man]] and the [[Son of God]], united in the [[hypostatic union]], [[God the Son]], [[God in Christianity|God]] made [[incarnate]];<ref>{{bibleverse||John|1:1}}, {{bibleverse||John|1:14}}, {{bibleverse||John|1:29}}</ref> that [[Crucifixion of Jesus|Jesus' death by crucifixion]] was a [[Atonement in Christianity|sacrifice to atone]] for all of humanity's sins, and that acceptance of Jesus as [[Christian soteriology|Savior]] and [[Hæland|Lord]] saves one from [[Divine Judgment]],<ref>{{bibleverse||John|5:24}}</ref> giving [[Eternal life (Christianity)|Eternal life]].<ref>{{bibleverse||John|3:16|NIV}}</ref> Jesus is the mediator of the New Covenant.<ref name="bibleverse||Hebrews|8:6|NIV"/> His famous [[Sermon on the Mount]] is considered by some Christian scholars<ref>See also [[Expounding of the Law#Antithesis of the Law|Antithesis of the Law]]</ref> to be the proclamation of the [[Ethics in religion#Christian ethics|New Covenant ethics]], in [[Typology (theology)|contrast]] to the [[Mosaic Covenant]] of [[Moses]] from [[Biblical Mount Sinai|Mount Sinai]].

 

 

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