How does Judaism differ from Christianity?
Jesus was born and died a Jew. His followers were Jewish, and his preaching was based on the tradition of Judaism. He did not consider himself the founder of a new religion, and he did not purport to teach anything other than Judaism. Scholars have shown that there are Jewish sources for many of his sayings and teachings. The Lord’s Prayer, for example, is an amalgam of Jewish texts: its first sentence is an almost verbatim translation of the first sentence of the Kaddish. The major differences between the faiths are not so much between Judaism and the religion Jesus observed, but between Judaism and the religion about Jesus that developed after his death. The differences fall under three headings: beliefs about God; claims about Jesus; and views of life. Beliefs about God: though Christianity believes in the tri-une nature of the Deity as Father, son, and holy spirit, Judaism sees any such notion, no matter how explained, as completely unacceptable. Judaism believes in the Unity of Go
