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JUDAISM VS CHRISTIAN
WORLDVIEW
BY:TANISHA BURKE
GENE 100
MAKING OF THE CHRISTIAN MIND
WH
AT IS
A
WO
RLD
VIE
W?
“A worldview is a
commitment, a
fundamental orientation of
the heart, that can be
expressed as a story or in
a set of presuppositions
(assumptions which may
be true, partially true or
entirely false) which we
hold (consciously or
subconsciously,
consistently or
inconsistently) about the
basic constitution of
reality, and that provides
the foundation on which
we live and move and
have our being” (Sire, The
Universe Next Door,17).
JUD
AIS
M
JUD
AIS
M:
WH
O A
M I?
“While Judaism recognizes that
humans are complex creatures,
there is the hope that a person
will devote him or herself more
fully to doing good, than to
doing evil” (Ehrlich,59).
“Judaism is a complex marriage
of history ethnic identity and
lifestyle guidelines that inform
everyday actions as well as
spiritual decisions”(Ruggiero,
12). “Since God is holy and just,
Jews must emulate God in
these and all other aspects of
the divine being” (Ehrlich,60).
JUD
AIS
M:P
UR
PO
SE
IN T
HE W
OR
LD?
“Orthodox Jews believe that
upholding Jewish law, just as it
is laid out in the Torah is the
best way to practice their
religion in accordance with
God’s wishes” (Ruggiero,13).
“The core of Judaism is its
pronouncement of existence of
one God and his choice of the
Jews as a chosen people who
will establish an example for all
nations” (Ruggiero,18).
JUD
AIS
M:
AFT
ER
LIFE
? “As the end approaches, Jews
are encouraged to confess their
sins before the Great Judge”
(Ehrlich,91). “This indicates a belief in a
continuing existence, at least of
the soul, in which making a
honest reckoning with one’s
past can only be beneficial”
(Ehrlich,91).
JUD
AIS
M:
WH
ER
E
AM
I?
“While Judaism recognizes that this
world is the vestibule to the world to
come, while there is daily prayers for
the coming of the Messiah and the
Messianic age, the primary emphasis
in Judaism is on the present world, the
here and now, in keeping with the
emphasis in the Tanakh” (Brown,51-
52). Judaism is much more committed to a
daily, weekly and annual life cycle
than Christianity, and therefore Jewish
life revolves around the calendar more
than does Christianity, which puts a
greater emphasis on individual
relationship with God and life in the
Spirit (in the context of a community
of believers) than on the ordered
lifestyle of a religious community”
(Brown,53).
JUDIAISM: THE NATURE OF THE WORLD “Orthodox Jews live in tight-knit,
distinctive communities that
feature Hebrew newspapers,
yeshivas (Jewish schools), and
special religious stores that
keep hours based on the Jewish
calendar” (Ruggiero,13).
“Judaism again had a central
sanctuary and a degree of self-
government, and so began the
pattern whereby a Jewish
presence in the land of Israel
coexisted with Jewish
communities in the outside
world, collectively known as the
Diaspora (dispersal)”(Enrlich,13).
JUD
AIS
M:
WH
AT’S
TH
E P
RO
BLE
M?
“Judaism believes in God’s
absolute unity: Christianity
believes in God’s tri-unity”
(Brown,50). “Jews often decide what is
objectionable not only by their
own compass but by the non-
Jewish world” (Ruggiero,174).
“Judaism does not believe that
blood atonement is essential
for personal atonement”
(Brown,51).
JUD
AIS
M: W
HAT IS
TH
E N
ATU
RE O
F EV
IL?
“Judaism believes that every
human being has a battle
between the good inclination
(the yetzer hatov) and the evil
inclination (the yetzer hara) but
it does not believe in the
doctrine of “original sin,”
emphasizing instead that
through the power of
repentance the evil inclination
can be overcome” (Brown,50-
51).
JUD
AIS
M:W
HAT’S
TH
E R
EM
ED
Y?
“By meeting people where they
are, rather than where we think
they should be, we make
Judaism welcoming, compelling
and helpful to individuals
navigating life’s journey”
(Ruggiero,177). “The former places its emphasis
on being faithful to the Torah
and rabbinic traditions, praying
the communal prayers and
studying the texts.” (Brown,52).
“After the destruction of the
Temple, the rabbis taught us
how to find other paths to God”
(Ruggiero,175).
JUD
AIS
M:
FULF
ILLM
EN
T?
“As Reform Judaism continues
to move in strengthening the
education of its people and in
maintaining its unique
commitment to change when
necessary. It will easily meet
the challenge of fulfilling
God’s promise to Abraham and
Sarah [to make their
descendants as numerous as
the stars]” (Ruggiero, 177).
JUD
AIS
M:D
O I
HAV
E A
FU
TU
RE?
“The future of Judaism will
ultimately depend on how
inclusive it can be, and how
well it can transmit its
tradition”(Ruggiero,177).
CH
RIS
TIA
NIT
Y
CH
RIS
TIA
NIT
Y:
WH
O A
M I?
“Human beings are created in the
image of God and thus possess
personality, self-transcendence,
intelligence, morality,
gregariousness and creativity”(Sire,
The Universe Next Door,31).
Sir Philip Sidney describes God’s
Creativity: “lifted up with the vigor of his
own invention, doth grow, in
effect, into another nature, in
making things either better than
nature bringeth forth, or quite a
new, forms such as never were
in nature, freely ranging within
the zodiac of his own wit” (Sire,
The Universe Next Door, 33).
CH
RIS
TIA
NIT
Y:A
FTER
LIFE
?
“Christianity sees the world to
come-specifically, heaven and
hell-as being of paramount
importance to the point that
the way we are called to live in
this world can only make
complete sense in the life of
eternity”(Brown,52).
While there is a wholesome
appreciation of life in this world,
it is not to be separated from
the world to come” (Brown,52).
CHRISTIANITY:MEANING OF HISTORY &NATURE OF THE WORLD “In short, the most important aspect of
the theistic concept of history is that
history has meaning because God-the
Logos, meaning itself is behind all
events, not only sustaining all things by
his powerful word” (Heb 1:3)” (Sire,
The Universe Next Door,43).
“Human “history” can be subsumed
under four words-creation, fall,
redemption, glorification” (Sire, The
Universe Next Door,43).
“Because God by his character sets
the standards of righteousness, human
goodness consisted in being what God
wanted people to be-beings made in
the image of God and acting out that
nature in their daily life” (Sire, The
Universe Next Door,37-38).
CH
RIS
TIA
NIT
Y:W
HAT’
S T
HE P
RO
BLE
M?
THE FALL OF ADAM & EVE
RESULTS “In personality, we lost our capacity
to know ourselves accurately and to
determine our own course of action
freely in response to our
intelligence” (Sire, The Universe
Next Door,38). “Our self self-transcendence was
impaired by alienation from God, for
as Adam and Eve turned from God,
God let them go” (Sire, The Universe
Next Door,38). “Now we can no longer gain fully
accurate knowledge of the world
around us, nor are we able to reason
without constantly falling into
error” (Sire, The Universe Next
Door,38-39).
CH
RIS
TIA
NIT
Y:W
HAT’S
TH
E
REM
ED
Y?
“Christianity believes that Adam’s
fall affected the entire human race
(this too, is believed by Judaism,
but not in a radical a way), that
the best of us fall infinitely short of
God’s glory and perfection and
only through the blood of Jesus,
the Messiah, can we be spiritually
transformed” (Brown,51).
“Christianity believes that the
Messiah who was both fully human
and fully divine-the word
incarnate, the Son of God-came
two thousand years ago to die for
our sins, rising from the dead and
sending God’s Spirit to the earth
to continue His mission”
(Brown,50).
DIF
FER
EN
CES O
F JU
DA
ISM
&
CH
RIS
TIA
NIT
Y
JUDAISM SPEAKS: (HONOR THE LAW) “It is in our interest to know
our history because it is in our
interest to know about
ourselves” (Palmer,44). CHRISITIANITY SPEAKS:
(FALL UNDER GRACE) “It is in our interest to achieve
accuracy because history can
then serve as a partial guide
to the future by helping us
avoid past mistakes”
(Palmer,45).
BA
RR
IER
S O
F JU
DA
ISM
AN
D
CH
RIS
TIA
NIT
Y
JUDAISM (DENIES THE BLOOD OF JESUS)
“Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls
and the ashes of a young cow could cleanse
people’s bodies from ceremonial impurity. 14 Just
think how much more the blood of Christ will purify
our consciences from sinful deeds[a] so that we can
worship the living God. For by the power of the
eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a
perfect sacrifice for our sins” (Hebrews 9:13-14,
NLT BIBLE).
JUDAISM (HOLDING THE LAW OVER GRACE)
“No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with
God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying
the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart
produced by God’s Spirit. And a person with a
changed heart seeks praise from God, not from
people” (Romans 2:29, NLT Bible).
JUDAISM (REJECTION OF THE SON)
“Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the
Father, either. But anyone who acknowledges the
Son has the Father also”(1 John 2:23, NLT Bible).
MLA
WO
RK
S
CIT
ED
PA
GE
1. Sire, James. The Universe Next Door.
Illinois: InterVarsity Press,
2004.Print.2. Ruggiero, Adriane. Religions and
Religious Movements Judaism.
Michigan: Thomson Gale, 2006.Print.
3. Brown, Michael. 60 Questions
Christians Ask About Jewish Beliefs
and Practices. Minnesota: Chosen
Books, 2007. Print.4. Ehrlich, Carl. Understanding
Judaism. London: Duncan Baird
Publishers, 2004. Print.
5. Palmer, Michael. Elements of a
Christian Worldview. Missouri:
Gospel Publishing House, 1998.
Print.