Connections between Judaism and Christianity

Christianity’s Roots in Judaism

• Christianity is deeply rooted in the covenant faith of Judaism. They tell the same stories of Abraham, Moses, David, and the exile as their own.

• To Christians, the new covenant of Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s covenant with Israel.

• Jesus is the Messiah promised by God.

• Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity parted ways toward the end of the 1^st century.

• At the same time, Christians were excluded from synagogue services.