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Originally Posted by willravel
Well let me explain my reasoning. If one were to ask you the main difference between Judism and Christianity, what would your answer be? Mine would be that the Christians believe that Jesus of Nazereth is the messiah, and Jews do not. Jesus knew He was the messiah (according to the Bible), therefore Jesus was Christian. You might call Jesus the first Christian. He was raised by Jewish parents, but He was Christian. The Christian church broke off from Judism because the Christians believed that Jesus was God's son, and the Jews politely disagreed.
Forgive my earlier misuse of the label "Israeli". I did mean Israelite. I don't think the disagreement was about his ethnicity or lineage, though.
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i include the difference between judean and isrealite, because most people don't realize there is one. the two kingdoms are only briefly united in history and Galilee and Judah are two very different places.
The argument that beleif in Jesus as Christ equals Christianity is pure anachronism. Regardless of if Jesus thought himself Christ, it is Hebrew texts and teachings that lead to messianic hope. Not all believed that the scriptures predicted such a figure, and not all agreed that Jesus was Christ. But those who did believe as such did so as part and parcel of their pre-existing faith.
Simply, no reputable scholar would say that the schism of Judaism and Christianity occurs any time before the destruction of Jerusalem (70 AD)...and many say it occurs late 2nd century.