A Misleading Hyphen Some people, including American politicians who want to sound “ inclusive ” and do not want to offend Jews, have taken the Latin term Judaeus and melded it with “Christian” to describe a so-called “ Judeo-Christian ” tradition or heritage. While there are many Christians in the world, there are no “ Judeos .” The accurate phrase should be “Jewish and Christian” traditions or heritages, without a hyphen. Each faith community has many religious streams; there is no one single “ Jewish traditio n” or “ Christian tradition ,” and there is certainly not a “ Judeo-Christian ” one. Source: Christians & Jews Faith to Faith: Tragic History, Promising Present, Fragile Future By Rabbi James Rudin © 2011; Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT; p. 6.
Blogs about the life of the real Jewish Jesus whose actual name was Yeshua. View his life, teachings and movement in the cultural context of first century Galilee and Judea. Using a Linguistic Model to more accurately understand what his words meant to his original Jewish apostles, followers and audiences.