{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Something about Jesus and Judaism\nThe teachings of Jesus were, in fact, a plausible development of the Judaism of its time,...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/660709016391057408/", "html": "<p>Something about Jesus and Judaism</p><p>The teachings of Jesus were, in fact, a plausible development of the Judaism of its time, which was periodically, before and after, reinvented in substantial ways by prominent figures, including ones in Jewish scripture that the Christian New Testament is known for paralleling.</p><p>Though early Christianity drew most converts from gentile nations, there were in fact Jews who followed his way \u2013 the 12 Apostles were all Jews! (Paul was Roman)</p><p>The thing is really that Jews <i>as we know them today</i> are the product of two millennia of mimetic evolutionary pressure <i>against</i> taking the Jesus path where it forks.</p>"}