Judaism vs Christianity: answers for Reddit readers
Are Judaism and Christianity the same religion? What divides them, which Bible each reads, and whether Christians keep the law: short, sourced answers.
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Religion
Introductions to the Abrahamic traditions and their shared heritage.
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The parting of the ways: how Christianity separated from Judaism
Jesus and his disciples were Jews. How did their movement become a separate religion? From Acts and Paul to the two wars with Rome…
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The five great sees of the early church
How Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem came to head the church of the Roman empire, and what became of the arrangement after the…
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The stations of the Hajj: Minā, ʿArafāt and Muzdalifah
From Makkah to Minā, ʿArafāt and Muzdalifah and back: the stations of the Hajj, day by day, and the call to Abraham that every…
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The Sabians in classical Muslim scholarship
Three classical Muslim scholars on the Sabians, and why al-Shahrastani read Abraham’s argument with the stars as a case against them.
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The Abrahamic family tree and what the traditions share
Who descends from whom, and what the traditions hold in common: the family of Abraham and the beliefs Judaism, Christianity and Islam share, in…
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The population of the Abrahamic religions
Pew Research projects Islam and Christianity nearing parity by 2050, and Islam becoming the largest religion by 2060 or later.
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Apostasy in the Abrahamic traditions
Rabbinic law, Christian empire, classical Islamic jurisprudence and modern reconsideration: how each tradition has treated those who leave.
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Jesus across the traditions
Lord and Saviour, prophet and Messiah, or a pupil of John who departed from his teaching: how three traditions see Jesus.
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John the Baptist in four traditions
The prophet of the Jordan in the Gospels, in Jewish memory, in the Qur’an and in Mandaean tradition.
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How the Abrahamic religions understand monotheism
A comparative look at the concept of one God in Judaism, Mandaeism, Christianity and Islam.
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Who was Abraham?
The historical and theological figure of Abraham across the traditions, and why Mandaeism parts from him.