What is Judeo-Christian?

Question

The two traditions share little in common. In fact Islam shares far more in common then Christianity. So what does Judeo-Christian mean? Why exclude Islam? Is this another lame attempt by Christians to try and link the two traditions?

Answer 1

Well, they do share the same God (although Christianity believes in the Trinity), and I guess it is an acknowledgment of that. The term seems to be used when whatever is being talked about applies to both Jews and Christians. I'd say the reason Islam is excluded is because Islam is a newer presence in America than Judaism. But lately, I have heard of "Islamo-Judeo-Christian" believe it or not! Or sometimes they just say "Monotheistic faiths" or "Western faiths" or something like that. Oh, there is also that expression, "The Abrahamic Faiths" which seems to mean Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

They do share some things with each other which are NOT shared by the so-called "Eastern Religions." So I guess it's just a convenient way to group them.

Answer 2

The proper term is "Abrahamic" and there is actually a boatload in common, for example, a shared deity. (The god of Abraham, thus 'Abrahamic'.)

However, the term was used in English speaking countries in the first half of the 20th century, and in the English-speaking world, Islam just was not on the map of the people using the term.

It is not an attempt to leave out Islam, as scholars of that time period would refer to Islam as a "Judeo-Christian religion."

For those of us who do not share the god of Abraham, you are all very much the same, with the exception of some historical facts and cosmetic differences.

Answer 3

Judeo-Christian (or Judaeo-Christian) is a term used to describe the body of concepts and values which are thought to be held in common by Judaism and Christianity, and typically considered (sometimes along with classical Greco-Roman civilization) a fundamental basis for Western legal codes and moral values. In particular, the term refers to the common Old Testament/Tanakh (which is a basis of both moral traditions, including particularly the Ten Commandments); and implies a common set of values present in the modern Western World.

Answer 4

Judeo-Christian was the first movement for Christ with the Jews and Greek-Roman converts. That was the first Catholic Religious organization until the Romans tried to make/change dogmas or doctrine that the Jews and the Greeks did not agree with and later on became solely Roman Catholic Church and those that left became the Jewish and/or Greek Catholic Orthodox. So, do not make it as another issue of excluding anyone from their faith.

Answer 5

It refers to common values held between Christians and Jews. I have no idea why Islam is excluded other than they have some different values possibly. Jesus was a Jew....there are not lame attempts to connect us with Judaism...thats just the way it is.
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Answer 6

The term refers to things that have historical roots in both Judaism and Christianity.

If you added Islam to the mixture you would be severely restricting the material that could be included in the definition.

For example, only Muslims kill family members for preserving family honor.

The Quran may or may not mandate this, but the Hadiths certainly command the faithful to preserve "family honor" in this manner, despite the fact that the Western mentality abhors such murders.

Here is one of the many Hadiths:

Sahi Muslim No. 4206:
"A woman came to the prophet and asked for purification by seeking punishment. He told her to go away and seek God's forgiveness. She persisted four times and admitted she was pregnant. He told her to wait until she had given birth. Then he said that the Muslim community should wait until she had weaned her child. When the day arrived for the child to take solid food, Muhammad handed the child over to the community. And when he had given command over her and she was put in a hole up to her breast, he ordered the people to stone her. Khalid b. al-Walid came forward with a stone which he threw at her head, and when the blood spurted on her face he cursed her."

The name "Yeshua" is a euphemism for "Jesus," which is used by missionaries who know that words like "Jesus" and "church" turn off Jews. So they change the gentleman's name, ands they call their churches "congregations."

They apparently have little respect for the intelligence of the ones they are trying to convert.

A so-called "Messianic Jew" is nothing more than a euphemism for a Christian.

And any similarity between Christian worship and Jewish worship is in the mind of the beholder.

Answer 7

Share little in common? how about the Old Testament( Torah) for starters . Jesus( Yeshua ) is the Messiah ( Christ) who was prophesied in the Old Testament Jesus referred many times to the prophets. He also stated i have not come to replace the law but to fulfill it the law being the law of moses. And most importantly its the same God ( Yahweh) or Jehovah . Islam does not have more in common as Muslims worship another" god" they call Allah and don't recognize Jesus as Christians do the Son of God. I understand that many Jews don't accept Jesus but there are now many Messianic Jews and increasing.

Answer 8

to include Islam you would refer to the three as the Abrahamic religions. christianity is a direct offshoot of Judaism, whereas Islam and Judaism come into existance together (through two of abrahams sons)

Answer 9

Because we have the OLD Testament in our Bible, hence Judeo-Christian since our religion sprouted from it, but is not confined to it......

We exclude Islam because we do not accept Muhammad, their views of the prophets in the Old Testament or their views of Christ, and they are not a part of God's chosen people. The Jews are mainly a lost people, but they are still God's unique people. Muslims are not. And neither am I since I am not a Jew.

Answer 10

Oh, come on Quantrill. Aside from monotheism, Judaism and Islam have nothing in common!

According to our Scriptures, the Jews are likened to a "cultivated olive tree." God cuts off "branches" (apostates and unrepentent sinners) from this cultivated "tree," leaving the branches of true Jewish believers (a.k.a. the remnant). When the New Covenant was opened to the Gentiles (known as the "wild olive tree"), we became spiritual children of Abraham (this is NOT the same as becoming his physical children; we are not inheritors of God's promises to His chosen people). The "branches" of Gentiles entering into this Covenant are "grafted in" to the cultivated olive tree. (See Romans 11.)

This is a symbolic way of acknowledging the root and trunk of our faith. Messianic Jews and Gentile Christians do not believe this is a replacement of Judaism; we believe it is Judaism's next progression, much like pre-Mosaic Covenant vs. post-Mosaic Covenant. Surely you agree Judaism was radically changed by the Mosaic Covenant? It's also true with pre-New Covenant and post-New Covenant.

I know you disagree, but we have much in common. We believe in One God; we believe in willing repentence and sacrifice, although symbolic; we have agreed to follow the commandments of the New Covenant; we are commanded to have "circumcised hearts," which is the sign of our entering into the New Covenant; etc.

The difference, of course, is Yeshua.