Jesus the Jew

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This paper contends that Jesus was born a Jew and died a Jew and that he never severed his ties with the Jewish people. It explains that it was only following his death that commentators and his followers moved away from his original beliefs and became a different sect/religion. The writer argues that the hatred and anti-Semitism that occurred over the centuries was as a result of a misunderstanding of Jesus's roots.

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"Christianizing significantly Jewish concepts and texts led the Jewish philosopher to declare that it was, in fact, God's chosen people, Israel, who were or was the suffering servant of God and that Isaiah described them and their suffering with precision and grandeur in his 53rd chapter in the hands of their Christian tormentors through the ages.
It is clear to the Jews that the most fundamental teachings of Christianity have not only been non-Jewish, but also pagan, such as the immortality of the soul, the Holy Trinity, eternal torment in hell and the veneration of Mary and the saints. The Jews argue that these teachings have no biblical basis and would have outraged even the first-century Christians. They strongly oppose the propagation of such teachings as completely devoid of the essential truths of Christianity itself. They perceive modern Christianity as lacking even in the most basic characteristics of Jesus Christ's teachings to his original Jewish followers. These included the resurrection of the dead, the kingdom of God on earth and practicing biblical commandments according to the Law of Moses. They and other critics of Christian churches found the latter teaching what they should not and failing to teach what they should."

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