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Was Christ Jewish?

Questioninggeller

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I am not a religous person, although I did go to a Catholic school in my younger days. With the recent press and huge box office opening of "The Passion of Christ" there has been talk that the movie "blames Jews for the death of Christ." I thought Christ was Jewish, anyone have a link to a historical explanation?
 
His mother was jewish, and as far as I know that qualifies his being jewish.
As for blaming the death of Jesus on the jews, that comes from pilates offering to pardon either Jesus or Barrabas. The people, which we assume were jews, demanded Barrabas, and thus in a way condemned Jesus to death.
 
Is the Pope Catholic? And just where do bears do their business? He would not have been allowed INSIDE any temple if he wasn't. Let alone permitted to throw a tantrum in one.

Probably MOST of the crowd who wanted 'Barrabas' wouldn't have known what was on the line; knowing only perhaps that there was a trouble-maker named 'Jesus' by reputation.

And given the political climate in that place, at that time, a rabble-rouser was certainly not what anyone with sense wanted. Roused rabble would certainly have meant a Roman invasion, probably a burned city (and likely more than one city razed), mass slaughter, etc. It had already been done. The Romans were good at it.
 
to.by said:
His mother was jewish, and as far as I know that qualifies his being jewish.
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I've heard that his father was jewish as well. Apparently some sort of big-wig within the jewish community in fact.
 
Of course he was, his mother make him believe that he is guilty of all the sins in the world.
 
CWL said:

I've heard that his father was jewish as well. Apparently some sort of big-wig within the jewish community in fact.
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Now you're making quite the inflammatory claim. The big guy has a religious affiliation? You might as well accuse him of having a bowel movement.
 
CWL said:
I've heard that his father was jewish as well. Apparently some sort of big-wig within the jewish community in fact.
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Well Joseph was a direct descendant of David!:)
 
evildave said:

And given the political climate in that place, at that time, a rabble-rouser was certainly not what anyone with sense wanted. Roused rabble would certainly have meant a Roman invasion, probably a burned city (and likely more than one city razed), mass slaughter, etc. It had already been done. The Romans were good at it.
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At the time many jews were anticipating a messias to come and liberate them from the Roman occupation. I think they prefered Jesus to be executed because he turned out to be a religous reformer rather than a rebel willing to fight the Romans.
IIRC the jews were expelled from their homeland after rebellling against the Romans some hundred years after the death of Jesus, so the rabble-rousing didn't cease until then.
 
Questioninggeller said:
I am not a religous person, although I did go to a Catholic school in my younger days. With the recent press and huge box office opening of "The Passion of Christ" there has been talk that the movie "blames Jews for the death of Christ." I thought Christ was Jewish, anyone have a link to a historical explanation?
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EEEURGH! Can't. Resist. Temptation.

You know he was Jewish.
1) He stayed at home 'til he was 25.
2) He went into his father's profession.
3) His mother thought he was God.
 
From what I've read Jesus seems like a stand-up guy, but his dad was a real bastard, what with smiting entire cities, flooding the world...guess that apple fell far from the tree.
 
Jesus was, of course, the first Catholic. The Last Supper went something like this:

"Come on boys, sit down and tuck in! Tomorrow's the big day, after all."

"Sure, Jesus...Hey, this looks really good. What are we havin?"
"Pork Chops."

"Pork Chops?" (Sounds of dismay, expressions of revulsion)

"Sure, they're delicious. C'mon, sit down....Here's my plan...."
 
The Last Supper went something like this:
"Ahhh, man that was good eatin!"
"Hey, uhhh, I forgot my wallet.."
"Me too!"
"What all of you? No, no, I don't want to hear it, if you deny it once you'll deny it three times..."
"Yo, Boss, I got an idea! Go outside and stand on the corner and tell a few stories, then pass one of these here plates around. Guilt the crowd into 'fessing up a few dimes and use it to pay for dinner."
"Yea, wow, wish I thought of that! We'll even have enough left over to goof on some "Mary's" tonight."
"There IS a god!"
 
Bottle or the Gun said:
The Last Supper went something like this:
"Ahhh, man that was good eatin!"
"Hey, uhhh, I forgot my wallet.."
"Me too!"
"What all of you? No, no, I don't want to hear it, if you deny it once you'll deny it three times..."
"Yo, Boss, I got an idea! Go outside and stand on the corner and tell a few stories, then pass one of these here plates around. Guilt the crowd into 'fessing up a few dimes and use it to pay for dinner."
"Yea, wow, wish I thought of that! We'll even have enough left over to goof on some "Mary's" tonight."
"There IS a god!"
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Right, up until a point.

The price of dinner -- 30 pieces of silver. Guess who got stuck with the check, that shlimazel, Judas. And he was damn sure going to get it back somewhere.
 
Well, since the New Testament was supposed to be the fulfillment of the Old Testament, then it stands to reason. However, where Judaism was based upon the law, Christianity has become transcendental, and contingent upon the law written in men's hearts.
 
Iacchus said:
Well, since the New Testament was supposed to be the fulfillment of the Old Testament, then it stands to reason. However, where Judaism was based upon the law, Christianity has become transcendental, and contingent upon the law written in men's hearts.
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Wow! Was that sooooo sweet!

The only law written in men's hearts is to kill strangers and eat their brains while throwing feces at other people.

(Hey! Feces isn't in the MS Word dictionary! Edited for spelling)
 
Was Christ Jewish?

I believe to be a Jew you have to have actually existed.
 
Bottle or the Gun said:


Wow! Was that sooooo sweet!

The only law written in men's hearts is to kill strangers and eat their brains while throwing feeces at other people.

(Hey! Feeces isn't in the MS Word dictionary!)
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That's because it's spelt faeces (or feces if you insist on US spellings!).
 
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