Were Adam and Eve Jewish?

[brinny]

I didn't give much thought to it till this morning....what an awesome study.

Were they?

 

[athenken]

I would venture a guess at, no. There was no such thing as nationalities back then. The Jews were descendents of the Isrealites who got their name from Jacob.

 

[brinny]

I would venture a guess at, no. There was no such thing as nationalities back then. The Jews were descendents of the Isrealites who got their name from Jacob.

Thank you for your response. Is being "Jewish" just being a nationality, or is there more to it?

 

[athenken]

Well, from my view there are two sides. There is the religious part of it and there is the nationality part of it. And here is where it gets wierd. You can be Jewish, ethnically, but not religiously. That is where the Humanistic Jews come into play. But you cannot be Jewish religiously without being Jewish ethnically, as you have to be a descendant of the Isrealite nation, which mean you would have to be a direct descendent of Abraham, but more specifically, Jacob.

 

[brinny]

Well, from my view there are two sides. There is the religious part of it and there is the nationality part of it. And here is where it gets wierd. You can be Jewish, ethnically, but not religiously. That is where the Humanistic Jews come into play. But you cannot be Jewish religiously without being Jewish ethnically, as you have to be a descendant of the Isrealite nation, which mean you would have to be a direct descendent of Abraham, but more specifically, Jacob.

Thank you. I'm thinking of spiritually. Were Adam and Eve Jewish?

 

[athenken]

Thank you. I'm thinking of spiritually. Were Adam and Eve Jewish?

I would still have to say, no. The Jewish, or Hebrew, religion was not actually created until Moses received the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai during the exodus.

 

[Lion King]

Thank you. I'm thinking of spiritually. Were Adam and Eve Jewish?

Are you asking if Adam and Eve are the spiritual children of Abraham?

 

[brinny]

Are you asking if Adam and Eve are the spiritual children of Abraham?

So you're saying that they'd have to be the spiritual children of Abraham to be Jewish?

 

[Frogster]

really romans 4 establishes the line of demarcation with circumcision, and establishing the jews from gentiles. some say judah and all that though.


3;29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,


4;9 Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised?

 

[mathetes123]

I didn't give much thought to it till this morning....what an awesome study.

Were they?

No. Jews are descendents of Abraham.

 

[Lion King]

So you're saying that they'd have to be the spiritual children of Abraham to be Jewish?

Adam and Eve are children of God. It was only after the Covenant made between God and Abraham, that the children of God came to be known as Jews.

 

[Kristos]

technically, a Jew is from Judah, the southern Kingdom.

 

[brevis]

I didn't give much thought to it till this morning....what an awesome study.

Were they?

Google for Bnai Noach

 

[zeke37]

No. Jews are descendents of Abraham.

Jews are the direct descendants of Judah, one of Jacob's sons.
Later after the split in the kingdom,
benjaminites and some of the levites who dwelt in Judah were likewise refered to as Jews, of the house of Judah.



one thing we know, is that Adam and Eve were believers....flawed believers.

why are you curious brinny?

 

[brinny]

Jews are the direct descendants of Judah, one of Jacob's sons.
Later after the split in the kingdom,
benjaminites and some of the levites who dwelt in Judah were likewise refered to as Jews, of the house of Judah.



one thing we know, is that Adam and Eve were believers....flawed believers.

why are you curious brinny?

It started by comments in another thread...and that got me to thinkin.....

In the beginning Adam and Eve were pleasing to God, before the fall. They were children of God. Just wondering about the roots of Jewishness, and what it means to be "righteous" with God.

 

[Yarddog]

I didn't give much thought to it till this morning....what an awesome study.

Were they?

No. Neither was Abraham but he was the 1st Hebrew.

Judaism, or being Jewish, is a religion and not a race.

 

[athenken]

No. Neither was Abraham but he was the 1st Hebrew.

Judaism, or being Jewish, is a religion and not a race.

There are a few million people throughout the world that would dissagree with you.

 

[Lion King]

No. Neither was Abraham but he was the 1st Hebrew.

Judaism, or being Jewish, is a religion and not a race.

Jew and Gentile..what does that mean to you? Is that religion?

 

[Yarddog]

Jew and Gentile..what does that mean to you? Is that religion?

Jew is a believer in Judaism and a Gentile is not Jew.

 

[Yarddog]

There are a few million people throughout the world that would dissagree with you.

Yeah, because many people do not know Judaism enough to know, that includes many people who call themselves Jew. The word Jew has become to mean something that Jews don't want it to mean.

To be Jewish is to "believe" the religion.

Though Abraham was the Father of the Hebrew nation, he was not Jewish because he did not follow the Mosaic Law.