What are the significant differences between Cristianity and Judaism?

Answer 1

Jews and Christians have different beliefs on:

Satan
Heaven
Hell
"Salvation"
G-d
The Messiah who he is what are his requirements and what his role he has.
Commandments: the ability to follow them, what they are, and the reasons to follow them/consequences for not
The Oral Law
The Eternal nature of the law

This is a quick list off the top of my head. I did not go into rituals, holidays or the like
(where differences are even more evident). I am also sure I forgot stuff, as I think of it I
am sure more will come to mind.

The real question is what shared beliefs do Christians and Jews have?

Answer 2

Jesus.

Judaism claims to follow the Hebrew Scriptures ("The Old Testament"), but typically gives higher weight to the commentaries of the rabbis (the Talmud). While many are awaing a Messiah to come one day, most consider such passages figurative of a renewed relationship between God and Israel.

Christianity (not to be confused with denominationalism) follows the New Testament, and uses the Old Testament to learn about the nature of God. They meet each first day of the week to break bread and to contribute (Acts 20:7; 1Cor 16:1-2). They believe that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God in fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies (such as Isaiah 7:14 and Genesis 3:15). For more information, follow the link below.

Answer 3

They are offshoots of the ancient Hebrew religion, along with Islam and Mormonism. The main disagreement is that Christians believe Jesus was the Messiah supposedly predicted earlier, while Judaism says he wasn't. They accept some sacred books in common but differ on others. Judaists have the Torah, and Christians have the New Testament, for example.

Answer 4

The goal of Judaism is peace on EARTH with very little emphasis on "peace of mind" or the afterlife. It's about our obligations to God and working with Him to protect all peoples and the environment He has given us. Our prayers are prayers of thanksgiving for what God has done for us.

The way I understand Christianity (as an outsider) is that the goal is heaven with an emphasis on inner peace and afterlife. I may be wrong, but the Christian prayers I hear are generally requests of God to do something for them.

Judaism is a religion of ACTION. Rather than ask God for miracles, we ask God what we can DO to achieve our goals.

Judaism is more about community and obligations. Obligations to both God and to the community. My observation of Christianity leads me to believe that Christianity is more about individual "salvation" -- whatever that is.

"Salvation" seems to be very important to Christians. It means nothing in Judaism. God redeemed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and for that we are forever grateful. If salvation has something to do with forgiveness, all peoples (Jew and non-Jew alike) are forgiven whenever they ask for forgiveness.

This is my opinion only. Two Jews will always have three opinions! However, I think all Jews would agree that Jesus has very little to do with the differences! His followers have been the cause of much misery for our ancestors, but Jesus himself had no effect whatsoever on Judaism. He was just one of the many rabbis of the day teaching different versions of Judaism.

Answer 5

Judaism and Christianity are two closely related Abrahamic religions that are in some ways parallel to each other and in other ways fundamentally divergent in theology and practice. Whereas the article on the Judeo-Christian tradition emphasizes continuities and convergences between the two religions, this article emphasizes that Judaism and Christianity each have widely diverging views of their respective relationship to the other, and of elements they have in common, such as the Bible and God.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism_and_Christianity
http://www.convert.org/differ.htm
http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/charts/christianity_judaism.htm

Answer 6

Wow, entire books have been written on this! Holy cow, can you narrow it down some?

As for all of you people saying the difference is the messiah. Please don't forget that judaism was around for about 2 thousand years before the upstart jesus came along. There are many many other fundamental differences to the 2 religions.

Answer 7

The one major difference between Christianity and Judaism is that Christians believe that Jesus is the son of God. The Jews believe that Jesus was a prophet, but the real Son of God has not yet walked the earth.

Answer 8

the main difference is that Christians adhere to the belief that a) Jesus is the son of God who rose from the dead, and b) Jesus is the Messiah who was sent to earth to bring everlasting peace.

Judaism does not.

Judaism mostly follows the old laws set forth in the Torah and the Talmud, whereas Christians follow the statements of Christ and his Apostles to guide their laws.

Answer 9

The only true significant difference between the two is that Christianity is Jesus our Christ's, the ONLY TRUE GOD's, teachings, and the other, Judaism, doesn't understand that Jesus our Christ is THE ONLY GOD. God Bless you.

Answer 10

Well the big diference is that Judaism don't believe that the messiah (Jesus) had come yet, and the Christians believe that Jesus is the only beggoten son of God, the messiah and savior.