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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the three religions, which are compared and contrasted. Geopolitical implications are discussed as well as how members today get along with one another. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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premises. Judaism uses a bible equivalent to Christianitys Old Testament. For Jews, The Old Testament is the Hebrew bible. Christianity, while accepting of the Hebrew Bible, adds a second volume
and calls it the New Testament. The New Testament to some extent fulfills prophesies in the Old Testament but adds new rules, thus negating some of the laws found in
the first volume. For example, Christ heals people on the sacred Sabbath day in the New Testament. Luke presents the following: "But he knew their thoughts, and he said
to the man who had the withered hand, "Come and stand here." And he rose and stood there. And Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful on
the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?" And he looked around on them all, and said to him, "Stretch out your
hand." And he did so, and his hand was restored" (RSV, 2001, Luke 6: 8-10). Here, in the New Testament, is one of several examples where Christ negated Jewish law
in favor of a higher law. Here, the gist of the change is that it is okay to do good works, especially healing works, on the Holy Sabbath Day. These
and other changes are seen in the New Testament. While the New Testament to a great extent relies on the Old Testament, the changes that emerge are significant. In
many respects, and this is dependent on interpretation, Christs dictums superseded much of Jewish law as found in the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible. Jesus Christ however says: "Think
not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them" (RSV, 2001, Matthew 5:17). Here, he speaks
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