1. Paint (describe) a picture of Jesus based on the non-Christian and Christian sources about him and explain which sources you think are most reliable and why.
The non-Christian sources give a very plain, simple, yet accurate description of Jesus. Non-Christian sources do not give Jesus any dimension or as much admiration as the Christian sources do. The non-Christian sources give no physical description, they only describe him through his actions and how he affected their cities and people. The non-Christian sources state facts such as, “Jesus lived in Judea; he had a brother named James; he claimed to be, or his followers said he was, the Christ, that is, the Jewish Messiah,” and so on and so forth (Lynch 2). The non-Christians did not
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Jewish Christians were very strict followers of Mosaic Law. They had a firm belief in worshipping God at the temple, practicing circumcision, following the dietary laws, and using Hebrew in their scriptures. The Jewish Christians also held the belief that Jesus was not divine and some even went as far as to deny that he existed. The Jewish Christians had so many theories about Jesus such that as he is a human prophet just as Moses is and many other theories. The Gentile Christians are a group of Christians are a group of non-Jews who were converted and had no experience of being an actual Jew and who were not descendents of Israel. The Gentile Christians believed in many of the same things as the Jewish Christians, however, they did not agree with the Law of Moses. The gentiles did not have to be circumcised to practice their faith as the Jewish Christians did and the gentiles believed that their sins were forgiven through Jesus Christ. In my opinion Gentile Christianity gained momentum and was the driving force for the future. I believe this to be true because the gentiles were not strict followers of the Mosaic Laws they were more free in their practice of belief. The gentiles were not confined to a way of life, however, they were still allowed to believe in the same God and practice many of the same things. Also, Gentile Christianity can be seen as more
Both Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian believe in gods. Greco-Roman believe in multiple gods. And Judeo-Christian believe in one god. They both believe they are doing that right thing. They both have certain laws they go under certain
The decision of the Jews was to follow Jewish beliefs and customs. Jewish Christians insisted that salvation was a free gift of God’s grace acquired through trusting in Jesus Christ.
throughout time there has been a lot of artist who have shown the history of the great leaders whether it is in a religious way or political way. There are many different viewpoints an artist can represent through a painting to help the viewer understand the beliefs and thoughts throughout that specific time. They can also illustrate the followers that led them into power. I wanted to analyze the followers of Christ and see how each era brought a new outlook on the life of Christ. Being that we have learned a lot about the rise of Christianity thought out the XIV century to the XX century. Reformation was a big thing during these centuries and many people contributed in the reformation in the 16th century. Luther, Calvin, Tyndale and the Anabaptists.
Explore the religious imagery in The Mission and Cool Hand Luke. Who are the Christ figures in each film? What aspects of Jesus are emphasized in each film? What other aspects of Christianity are creatively imagined on the screen?
Thesis: the historical Jesus was a Galilean man who who lived during the first Century A.D. and gained fame through chicanery and tricks, which ensured him as the basis of modern day Christianity.
Another reason is that they believe in the Bible but Judaism believes more in the Old Testament. They also believe in the Ten Commandments and that they shouldn’t sin. They believe that they have to follow the commandments and take them seriously. They believe that Adam and Eve were the first human beings alive
Christianity has had a major impact in European history as the majority of the populations were Christians, and as many nations started out as Christendom. Even today, it has a profound impact in the decision making of nations and billions of people who follow its doctrine. Therefore, representing Christianity through the medium of art was an important factor artists had to consider. Many artists decided to paint the scene of the Crucifixion of Jesus as it is considered to be the most important scene for many Christians. Some artists, like Christus, opted for a more emotionally muted route while other artists, like Crivelli, went on to capture the emotional distress of the scene. Neither method is objectively better than the other as both artists
People are in search of understanding life and the happenings that surround them. When things go wrong, people turn to God for hope and understanding. As we look at the Jewish and the Christian faiths, both of which trace their origins back past Abraham and Moses, to the original stories of the Garden of Eden, we notice basic similarities and major differences between the two religions. The three main differences between Jewish and Christianity is the concept of God, judgment, and salvation. The most eminent difference between both religions is the concept of God. Christianity believes that God is trinity which means three persons in one the father, the son and the holy spirit. However Judaism sees God as a single entity, and viewsTrinitarianism as a violation of the Bible's teaching that ...
Long time ago, there was only one religion, Judaism. However as time passing by, the society had a lot of changes. Because of the changing of emperors and the geographic changes, Judaism occurred a lot of variations with those changes. More and more branches started to emerge under the Judaism. Christian became the strongest branch and had their own theological beliefs. Then Christian gradually began to separate from the Judaism. In the Bible, the New Testament part recorded the faith of Christianity. Christian based mostly on the New Testament. In the New Testament of the Bible, it describes the birth and preaches of Jesus, as well as the Paul’s Epistles explains the faith of the Christian. However, the descriptions of the Jesus in the gospels are different. They have many places paralleled.
On the other hand, Christianity traces its origin from Jesus Christ from whom the disciples, at Antioch, were first called Christians due to their manner of living, which was like Jesus Christ’s. Both Christians and Jews believe in one God who is called Jehovah; however, the point of divergence is that while Christians believe in the trinity (that is, God is one substance but three persons in one namely the Father, Son and Holy Spirit), the Jews believe in God being just one substance one
While many Jews continued to follow their original faith, there were several that converted to this new way of living. Origination of Christianity starts with a Jew names Jesus, here it is seen again where present times were very difficult and Jesus was able to provide salvation to the people of his community. In the Jewish scriptures a messiah was predicted to happen and Jesus was believed to be the Messiah. In contrast many people did not believe that he was the Messiah and Jesus eventually was crucified by Pagans. Despite the horrific event that took place, Jesus was resurrected and passed a long his messages from God. Jesus brought light into the lives of the poor and helped the ill, he wanted a change to happen as there were many wars and chaos present at the time. After Jesus’ death, Paul, one of his apostles, left to travel around the neighboring countries and spread the name of Jesus and his teachings. Paul was a very important individual and main contributor to the success of
The earliest recorded text teaching Christianity has its roots buried deep within Judaism. The birth, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, as the Messiah, created a new ideology of worship. The Messiah is the savior for all people and of all sins. Paul carried the message of the Messiah to the Gentiles. His missionary journeys and establishment of churches enabled the spreading of the message throughout the Roman Empire. Christianity grew in acceptance; those that believed in the Messiah separated and began to worship on their own. This marked the beginning of the split of Judaism and Christianity.
The Torah of the Jews is the same thing as Old Testament of the Christians. Judaism and Christianity share several common beliefs. For instance, there is only one God, He is the creator, and both of religions believe in resurrection. Judaism is important to Christianity because Jesus and his disciple were Jews. Jesus’s teachings and life is complicated without understanding Judaism at the time. Like there are common beliefs, there is also difference between them. In Judaism god is one; In Christianity God is one in his nature but there are three Persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit). God offered his Son as a sacrifice to come on earth and die on the cross for people’s sins in his humanity and then resurrected on the third day. In Judaism, they believe that the Messiah has not come yet and they’re waiting for his coming. While in Christianity, they’re waiting for his Second
Judaism does not accept the thought of original sin, the idea that people are bad from birth and cannot remove sin by themselves. An act of grace provided by the sacrificial death of Jesus as resentment for all of humanity's sins. For Christians, there are no other forms of salvation other than through Jesus.
Seldom does the first chapter of an academic work become so mesmerizing. However, chapter one of Kärkkäinen’s book ensnared my curiosity. He explains the concepts of the names of Jesus. He asked a simple question, who is Jesus? He states the most biblical scholars would simply refer to the Bible as their primary source to try to illustrate Christ (22). Kärkkäinen states that the Bible itself did not give us any physical idea or image of who Christ was as a person (22). Kärkkäinen’s perception of the abstract stories, analogies, and pictures was not of a schematized doctrine but a “lived Christology” (22). Theologian’s use of historical books, documents that were written in the first century or other early theologians writings to clarify who Jesus is today. However, the most complete idea of Christ derives it image from ...