Christianity has NEVER been based on Judaism. In fact Judaism is a newer religion than Christianity is. Judaism was created to confront the spread of Christianity - using the Bible as a prop and also to conceal Judaism's ritualistic practice of blood-letting.
Here below is information on Judaism's foundational Passover text. Surprise, surprise, it's not from the Old Testament but rather the Haggadah, a thoroughly Talmudic work. (M. Hoffman III, "Judaism Discovered").
The Talmud was compiled as a result of the absolute destruction of Herod’s temple, in which every stone was carried away leaving no trace of it’s existence. In it we learn:
In 66 CE, when the Roman general Vespasian swept into Jerusalem, Judaism was a cultic, oral religion, with Herod's massive temple as its lodestar. Everything happened in the temple complex. Four years later, Vespasian's son Titus razed it to the ground. A quote from the Talmud: "Where was God under the rubble?" wondered the Rabbis. "How to praise him now that the temple was gone?" The sages agreed: Jews would have to BECOME a people of the book (Old Testament), or they would disappear. Hence, they were NOT a people of the book before this time.
The ally of Babylon instrumental for the conquest by Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, were the Edomites. They were rewarded by given the lands of the region. This included the shops, businesses, orchards, homes, and more. It is no coincidence that the ancient Greeks prior to the Romans called the region "Idumea" meaning land of the Edomites. King Herod himself was an Edomite. One doesn't rise to power of a king unless there is kinship of those people.
Christianity has NEVER been based on Judaism. In fact Judaism is a newer religion than Christianity is. Judaism was created to confront the spread of Christianity - using the Bible as a prop and also to conceal Judaism's ritualistic practice of blood-letting.
Here below is information on Judaism's foundational Passover text. Surprise, surprise, it's not from the Old Testament but rather the Haggadah, a thoroughly Talmudic work. (M. Hoffman III, "Judaism Discovered").
The Talmud was compiled as a result of the absolute destruction of Herod’s temple, in which every stone was carried away leaving no trace of it’s existence. In it we learn:
The ally of Babylon instrumental for the conquest by Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, were the Edomites. They were rewarded by given the lands of the region. This included the shops, businesses, orchards, homes, and more. It is no coincidence that the ancient Greeks prior to the Romans called the region "Idumea" meaning land of the Edomites. King Herod himself was an Edomite. One doesn't rise to power of a king unless there is kinship of those people.