How does Judaism today differ from the origins of long ago?
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Could you clarify exactly what you mean by origins?
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yes, you are correct in this description of the semitic peoples of Jesus time, much interbreeding has changed this look and the typical Jew of today has lost most of these characteristics.
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Don't get me started on this subject. I believe and some historians agree that the only true originals of that area of the world is the Palestinians every Jew is not genetically connect to the original people only religously.\nNotice most of the Jews that came back to "take back their land" came there from European countries. I have no problems with Jews at all but the facts are most Jews of wealth and knowledge were taken away by the Romans in the \ndays of Roman rule  inter-bred wth  the local people and convert some to Judaism.This is over 2000 years!\n The ones that stayed were invaded by others and eventually became Islamic and called themselves Palestinian.\nThe only reason the major countries of the world support Israel is because the Jews control the banking industry of the world.They got the money! I told you not to get me started.
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The Jewish faith underwent considerable reforms about 2000 to 1500 years ago in which it was decided that animal sacrifices were no longer required, possibly because there is no Temple to sacrifice them in but also because the Jewish people were forced by the Romans to leave Israel and spread out all over the world.  This required a change in how the faith was practiced.\n\nThis is referred to as the development of "rabbinic" Judaism, led by famous names like Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Hillel.\n\nHowever even if the Temple was reconstructed it is unlikely that anyone but the most orthodox of Jews would want to perform animal sacrifices there -- the faith has moved on since its days spent wandering in the desert.  As the guy below me says, repentence and prayer has taken the place of animal sacrifice.\n\nAnd anyway there's the Dome of the Rock in the way and a whole lot of Muslims who would be unhappy if it were removed.\n\nSee links below for a timeline and other details:
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Christianity developed from Judaism. Both started in Israel. Judaism was founded by a series by a range of figures including Adam, Noah and Abraham. It is claimed that it started as a formal religion after God handed Moses the ten commandments. Both Judaism and Christianity pray to the same God and both are monotheistic.\n\nThe founder of Christianity was Jesus with the 12 apostles as well as St Paul playing a crucial role in spreading the religion. The holy book in Judaism is the Torah or Old Testament. The holy book for Christians is the Bible consisting of the Old and New Testaments. Christians view Jesus both as the Messiah and as the son of God. Followers of Judaism acknowledge neither claim.
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Judaism:  The Religion of the Hebrews\n\nThe Jewish religion was unique in the ancient world because it was monotheistic.\n \nAlmost 2,000 years ago, many Jews were forced to leave their homeland in Palestine. This diaspora, or scattering of people, sent Jews to different parts of the world. Wherever they settled, Jews maintained their identity as a people by living in close-knit communities and obeying their religious laws and traditions. These traditions set Jews apart from other people. Yet they also helped them survive centuries of persecution. \n\nJudaism is numbered among the world's major religions for its unique contribution to religious thought as well as its influence on two later religions, Christianity and Islam. Both these faiths, which also emerged in the Middle East, were monotheistic. Jews, Christians, and Muslims all honor Abraham, Moses, and the prophets, and they teach the ethical world view developed by the Hebrews.
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The God of the Old Testament appears to have more than one personality. The identity of God seems to vary with the author. I see religion as an evolutionary process.
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Before the time of Jesus Christ there were the "Jews" and the "Gentiles" there were probally more with regards to the Native Americans, Myans, Incas etc. However; the "conflict" occured because some of those in the Jewish faith which at the time claimed you had to be born into the religion and at around the time of Christ's departure some of the Jews whom rejected Christ as the "Massiah" continued to follow the Law of Moses while some of the Jews accepted Christ and this was the start of the New Testiment in the Bible and around that time Christianity was "born" The Old Testiment in the Bible is the same as the Koran in the Jewish faith ( or very similar! There may be more details however; this is the "bulk" that I am aware of!
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The ancient Hebrews are Jews; and we have many beliefs.  The most important one is the belief in ONE G-D; He is one, undivided, and has no blood relatives.
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it does go back thousand of years ago Islams believe in Ala and Jews believe in Jesus. and they Ben fighting for Israel sense Israel was discovered.
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Anti-Semitism has a long and sad history. There have been several forms of anti-Semitism. Religious anti-semitism is the oldest. In many parts of Europe and the Islamic world, Jews were the largest minority group. They were often the target of religious hatred often directed by rulers and leading to discrimination and occasional expulsion.\n\nRacial discrimination arose from the anthropological views of race from the enlightenment. Jews were considered to be a race and anti-Semitic views of race developed in the late 19th century and early 20th centuries. Nazi Anti-Semitism was based on this.\n\nMore recently, new Anti-Semitism has arisen based on anti-Zionism. This anti-semitism is opposed to Israel and claims to be sympathetic to the Palestinians.
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Originality from Ashkenazi Jews. Then being developed under 4 main eras;\n1) early years : France, Northern Italy & Germany, surge the born of Laaz, 2) old years : Eastern Germany, Poland & Eastern Europe territories, 3) middle years : Poland as the centre of Yiddish & being written in Hebrew, 4) Modern years : declining era because of the Holocaust and the repression of Soviet Jews under Stalin, only remained in several part including Haskalah and some parts in western Europe.\nBut, nowadays Yiddish being used in some community including the ultra-Orthodox populations living in New York and parts of Israel. Matter or fact, some universities does offers Yiddish as language being offered as it is parralel to Jew. In fact, German linguists also learn Yiddish because the development of the German language, is related to the medieval versions of it that today are manifested only in Yiddish.\nThe best answer is Israel because of the origins and nowadays situations.
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Judaism is a religion, not a race.\n\nHowever, due to the persecution that has persisted since the time of slavery in Egypt, Jews tend to keep a fairly close community, so many physical traits have become prominent, making people think of them as a separate "race."
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When Christians speak to God or about God they mean the same God that Abraham and Isaac and company had their dealings with.  In that sense they embrace rather than deny their Jewish heritage.\n\nIf you mean why don't they interpret scripture according to Jewish tradition and why do they sometimes (ok, often) reach different conclusions--then the short answer is because it's a different religion.\n\nChristians believe that Jesus revealed new truths as well as new rules for understanding and living by the established Jewish law.  Also, from a historical point of view, Christianity's early spread was among Greeks and Italians and others.  Bit, it had relatively few Jewish converts.  The, early church were not particularly attached to Judaism to begin with, so it is an indirect heritage--academic, but not ingrained.\n\nMaybe Christian are offended by your efforts because your premises that the Bible is not literally written by God and is prone to human corruption is a challenge to values they hold dear and rely on to provide consistency in daily life.
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We don't need to speculate on the history of religion in general, or Christianity in particular.  We have a pretty good grasp of how these ideas evolved over time already.\n\nReligion didn't start out as a way to explain the world, that came later, religion started out as a way of honoring the sun, which was viewed as the bringer of life.  It evolved from there to what we see today.\n\nThe ideas attributed to Jesus were not original even in Hellenistic Judaism.
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That is about my perception as well. As a Jew I cannot fathom how Christianity developed out of Judaism. The Christian god cannot be the same as in Judaism the difference are just to staggering.
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No because the Jews came from a very distinct family line.  It started with Abraham and then through Jacob which God later names Israel. There were many people on the Earth when Abraham was around.