Why do Christians reject the Talmud?

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That’s easy. It’s because Judaism rejects the divinity of Jesus Christ.
 
I don’t know that Christians reject Judaism any more than Jews reject Christianity. That’s a negative way of looking at things.

I haven’t run away from alli other religions in order to become a Christian. Instead, I have accepted Christianity as offering the truth. At the same time I admire the Jews as my ancestors in faith.
 
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We actually embrace Judaism.
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I don’t think that’s true of present-day Judaism, or of present-day Christianity either. It was certainly true in the earliest days of the Church, when James the Just, aka Ya’akov ha-Tzadik, was the head of the Jewish Christian community in Jerusalem while faithfully following all the precepts of Second Temple Judaism. At that time Jewish Christianity was, in effect, a sect within Judaism. But the “parting of the ways”, as Church historians call it, seems to have occurred before the end of the first century AD. There came a time, though I couldn’t tell you the exact date, when the Jewish Christian Church became extinct. From then on there were simply the two separate religions, as there still are today, though on both sides there are fringe movements such as Jews for Jesus that have attempted to bridge the gap.
 
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I see, but what do you mean by “I don’t think that’s true of present-day Judaism”? Are you suggesting the Mishnah was a later document and its precepts not known orally to Moshe Rebbaineu (Moses)?
 
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I see, but what do you mean by “I don’t think that’s true of present-day Judaism”? Are you suggesting the Mishnah was a later document and its precepts not known orally to Moshe Rebbaineu (Moses)?
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I see, but what do you mean by “I don’t think that’s true of present-day Judaism”? Are you suggesting the Mishnah was a later document and its precepts not known orally to Moshe Rebbaineu (Moses)?
 
While I think it would be interesting to study the Mishnah to gain a greater understanding of some of the legal concerns that were being debated as early as the first and second century B.C., we would not hold the Oral Torah as binding. Many of the things in the Mishnah do provide some clarification of things that Jesus said. So as an example, understanding the differences between the school of Shammai and Halel, and how Jesus addresses some of these interpretations of the Torah in places like the Sermon on the Mount provides increased understanding and clarification to the New Testament scriptures. I have to admit, though I have read some sections of the Mishnah, I am by no means an expert on the subject.
 
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It is alright if you’re not an expert, your answer was suffice, thank you.
 
I don’t know if you have waded through the New Testament scriptures much, but you might find the epistle to the Hebrews and the gospel of Matthew to be very interesting reads, especially with regard to how Christians view that Jesus fulfilled the role of Messiah and fulfilled Old Testament promises.
 
Anytime, and if you care to dialogue further about what you read, feel free to hit me up.
 
No, I am saying that the “parting of the ways” was a historical event. From that moment on – whatever the date may have been – a Jew attending Christian worship could not credibly claim he was being shomer Shabbat, and conversely a Christian attending synagogue worship could not credibly claim he was obeying Jesus’ command to “do this in memory of me.” It’s about an institution that split into two. It’s not so much about the theological underpinning of belief as about the practice of Church and Synagogue.
 
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