Divisions in the Christian and Jewish Communities

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In this paper, the writer looks at differences between the Christians and the Jews from the times of the New Testament. The writer examines Corinthians 1&2 and demonstrates the sources of division between the Christian and Jewish communities.

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"In the books of the New Testament, it becomes apparent that there are significant differences between the traditions of the Jewish community and those of the newly formed Christian community. Indeed the divisions between the two religious traditions are so meaningful because they speak to the fundamental philosophical differences in their belief systems. They are carefully laid out in the First and Second Letters of Paul to the Corinthians, as Paul himself explains the true teaching of Christianity and how it differs from Judaism. Firstly Christianity endorses a more egalitarian ... "

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