What's the difference between Judaism & Islam?

Question

I grew up in a protestant-Christian area and am a non-believer now. So, my understanding is they both believe in the same characters that are in the Old Testament and that Jesus was a great man but not an actual son of God/the chosen one (?). I saw a program on the History channel that seemed to (in a nutshell) say that Mohammed didn't agree with Christianity and God spoke through him to get everyone back on the right track (which is Judaism-?)
I really don't know more than that so feel free to educate-no need to be sarcastic or mean.

I think Bob L's answer is helpful, too.

Answer 1

Not much of a difference, except that Islam teaches that it is the completion of the line of revelation from God, which started from Adam and ended with Mohammed. As per Islam, religion was completed in stages and each prophet brought with him either some additional knowledge or confirmed what was before him. One major difference in Judaism and Islam lies in that jews do not accept Jesus as a holy man or his virgin birth, whereas Islam recognises him as a prophet and muslims are required to believe in the virgin birth. The other differences lie in the fact that Jews do not believe in the Quran or the prophet Mohammed. Also, the dietary laws and others followed by the jews were slightly updated and modified by Islam. Also, as per Islam, there were changes to the text of the OT by the jews and that it has not retained its original form. I myself have limited knowledge apart from the above, but these are some of the differences that I do know about.

Quran 002.136:
Say ye: "We believe in Allah, and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to (all) prophets from their Lord: We make no difference between one and another of them: And we bow to Allah (in Islam)."

Answer 2

Think of it this way:

There was Judiasm and they belived in Yahweh and used the Old Testament and others.
Then came Jesus and he brought the new testmament and many Jews changed to Chrisitans. They declared the old testament to be studied metaphorically, and then added the new testament.
Then mohammad came as the third prophet and brought the koran. They kept the old testament, new testament, and added the koran.

they'll all deeply related and intertwined with each other. They just add a prophet each time. It's far more complex than this, but this is a super general idea.

Answer 3

Anthropologically?
Very little. Both are historically the basis for a disparate group of loosely confederated tribes to unify for greater security and more influence. Both were founded by charismatic leaders who then turned the unified people into a cohesive fighting force which conquered lands and made a kingdom for themselves. Both structure the rituals of their respective faiths through strict moral codes, rigid dietary restrictions and special attention to the repression of women.

Theologically?
Vast difference. Yahweh creates a free-willed being (man), allows him to sc*** up, promises a savior to straighten things out and allows humanity to get on with life (forget Genesis, it's mostly there for religious apologetics, NOT history!).
Allah creates a predetermined being who can, by following his deity's rules in absolute exactitude, make it to a better life after death. You save yourself. But the description of Allah's reward is pretty unimaginative. Primitive, in fact. And the reality is that it would bore anyone with an IQ 2 points higher than a begonia in less than a year. And they're stuck with it forever. ICK!

Christianity takes the promise God made to the Israelites (Jews), sees its fulfillment in Jesus of Nazareth and proceeds to attempt to live as He did. They're mostly not too good at it, but they DO try, usually. It's a good thing, though, that God judges the heart and NOT the actions, otherwise most Christians would be in deep, dark-brown doo-doo! Poor Christ. What He went through! And most of His Father's children couldn't care less.

Personally.
I understand the saying, "Many are called, but few are chosen" as being that God calls ALL human beings to revel in their relationship with Him, but most of humanity would rather go get a burrito and a beer and watch the Cowboys trounce the Steelers.

Answer 4

How can in this time there are people who worship moon?? that was really funny.
Moslem worship the creator of the moon, the creator of the sun, the creator of the universe, the creator of all things.

God give revelation to Mohamed (peace be upon Him) through angel Gabriel.The revelation was the Qoran, Islam sacred text.

Mohamed (pbuh) bring humanity to worship the true God. God who created heaven and earth.

Answer 5

Jews don't recognize Jesus(PBUH*) at all whereas Muslims like myself recognize Jesus(PBUH*) as a prophet of ALLAH. In fact we believe that Jesus(PBUH*) was the next to last prophet before Muhammed(PBUH*). Jews treat women like a curse. They think women are cursed with menstrual cycles and child birth and labor in child birth and consider women a curse upon man. They seperate menstrualating women for the entire course of their cycles and consider women to be the reason man was kicked out of the Garden of Eden and think that when a baby girl is born the husband must have done something wrong. Islam blames both Adam(PBUH*) and Eve for the fall. Women are not seen as a curse at all in Islam.

Answer 6

Judaism believes in the God of the Bible.
Islam does not.

Judaism teaches that the Abrahamic Covenant was to be passed down through the descendants of Isaac.
Islam believes it was to be passed down through the seed of Ishmael.

Because of their disagreement with scriptures, Islam has chosen to worship Allah, a god traceable to an ancient moon god of pagans.

The New Testament of the Bible confirms that Isaac was the designated recipient of the promises and blessings of God's covenant made to Abraham.
The Jews are descended from Isaac.
Muslims claim descendancy from Ishmael.

Answer 7

What's the difference between Judaism & Islam?

The Jewish People worship THE GOD.

islam worships the ancient desert moon god.


The Archeology of The Middle East

The religion of Islam has as its focus of worship a deity by the name of "Allah." The Muslims claim that Allah in pre-Islamic times was the biblical God of the Patriarchs, prophets, and apostles. The issue is thus one of continuity. Was "Allah" the biblical God or a pagan god in Arabia during pre- Islamic times? The Muslim's claim of continuity is essential to their attempt to convert Jews and Christians for if "Allah" is part of the flow of divine revelation in Scripture, then it is the next step in biblical religion. Thus we should all become Muslims. But, on the other hand, if Allah was a pre- Islamic pagan deity, then its core claim is refuted. Religious claims often fall before the results of hard sciences such as archeology. We can endlessly speculate about the past or go and dig it up and see what the evidence reveals. This is the only way to find out the truth concerning the origins of Allah. As we shall see, the hard evidence demonstrates that the god Allah was a pagan deity. In fact, he was the Moon-god who was married to the sun goddess and the stars were his daughters.

Answer 8

Islam is Judaism + Mohammed and his additional teachings.

Jews do not see Mohammed as a prophet, nor do they follow his additional teachings.

Answer 9

Well, the main difference is that Muslims worship the arabian moon god Allah, whereas Jews worship the god Jehovah (Yahweh, or whatever you want to call him). No matter what Muslims will tell you, these two gods are not the same person and they have very different histories. Mohammad spoke of Allah because he wanted to appeal to the middle-eastern people to convert them to his new religion. He then abused this position of power to take control of much of the middle east by force.

Answer 10

Actually they are more similar....

both dont eat pork
both liked to live on the same land
both have the same stories in their teachings...like Moses, Abraham...

now, why are they fighting?