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A 5 page research paper that describes how Christianity derives from Judaism. The writer includes the teaching of Paul in the Epistle to the Galatians. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates.?? Christianitys Jewish Roots Research Compiled By
- properly! Christianity essentially derives from Judaism, both historically and theologically, as Jesus
himself, as well as his twelve disciples, and the authors of the books of the New Testament, as well as the vast majority of the earliest Christian churches were all
Jews ("Comparison," 2006). Jesus family was Jewish and followed the Mosaic law laid down in Old Testament scripture. The Old Testament relates the choice made by God of a specific
people, the children of Israel, with whom God established a covenant (Baker and Landers, 2005). Prior to the Babylonian exile, the "Jews
had conceived of God in national terms," but the isolation from "every material reminder" of their national deity" gave rise to Jewish understanding that "the individual must commune with God"
(Baker and Landers, 2005, p. 4). Jesus followers believed him to be the messiah, a savior predicted by Old Testament scripture ("Comparison," 2006). Most Christians are cognizant of the
fact that the concept of the Messiah is Jewish in origin, as the word "Messiah" is an "anglicized version of the Hebrew word Mashiach or Moshiach, which means "anointed one"
(Marshall, 2009, p. 23). In the Old Testament, a prophet or priest designated a new king of Judah by anointing him, which symbolized that the "king had been anointed by
God and belonged to the royal dynasty of David" (Marshall, 2009, p. 23). Christians see the life of Jesus not only as the fulfillment of Judaic Old Testament scriptural
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