Basis of A Common Concept of The Two Religions
See also: Biblical law in Christianity and Noahide LawThe Bible that Jesus referred to was the Hebrew (Old) Testament. The New Testament was written down after the Ascension. For many decades afterwards his Jewish followers considered themselves Messianic Jews and continued to go to the synagogues in the Diaspora. So there was a slow transition from Judaism to Christianity and the foundations of Christianity are deeply rooted in Judaism. Supporters of the Judeo-Christian concept point to the Christian claim that Christianity is the heir to Biblical Judaism, and that the whole logic of Christianity as a religion is that it exists (only) as a religion built upon Judaism. Two major views of the relationship exist, namely New Covenant theology and Dual-covenant theology. In addition, although the order of the books in the Protestant Old Testament (excluding the Biblical apocrypha) and the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) differ, the contents of the books are very similar. The majority of the Christian Bible is, in fact, Jewish scripture, and it is used as moral and spiritual teaching material throughout the Christian world. The prophets, patriarchs, and heroes of the Jewish scripture are also known in Christianity, which uses the Jewish text as the basis for its understanding of historic Judeo-Christian figures such as Abraham, Elijah, and Moses. As a result, a vast amount of Jewish and Christian teachings are based on a common sacred text.
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