• daggermoon@lemmy.world
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    8 天前

    How exactly is the Jewish interpretation different from the Christian one? I thought the Christian Old Testament was identical to the Torah. I ask as someone who was raised Methodist.

    • i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      8 天前

      The Torah is only the first five books of the Old Testament. Depending on what branch of Christianity you go by, the Old Testament contains 39-49 books. But that’s only a small nit.

      I’ve never heard of that particular interpretation of the Abraham story, being raised Catholic. I also can’t find any sources that say that the Jews believe that the Abrahamic Covenant started as a joke between God and the angels, but then again my quick search might not have had the right keywords.

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      7 天前

      The difference is that the Jewish interpenetration developed both before and after Christianity started, so its not really possible for them to be the same.