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Hinduism and Judaism are amongst the oldest existing religions in the world. They have shared a notable relationship throughout historical and modern times. ==Theological similarities== Scholarly efforts to compare Hinduism and Judaism were popular during the Enlightenment era, in the process of arguing the deistic worldview. Hananya Goodman states that Hinduism and Judaism have played an important role in European discussions of idolatry, spirituality, primitive, theories of race, language, mythologies, etc. Both religions were regarded by some scholars to be ethnic religions, and not promoting conversions. Adherents of both religions, however, are found across the world. Both religions share common elements in regard to a complicated system of laws, purity codes, and dietary restrictions, for defining their communities. Judaism has been compared with Brahminism by Osho Rajneesh〔I Say Unto You (Vol -I), p. 259 - 260〕 and Steven Rosen in their books. They cite the similarities between Brahmins and Jews who viewed themselves as "God's chosen people." Rosen adds that Brahmins had a "community of priests" while Jews had a "Kingdom of Priests".〔"Essential Hinduism", by Steven Rosen, page. 13〕 David Flusser says that the tale of Abraham has many similarities with a certain story from the Upanishads, stating that "One can easily discover parallels in the Upanishads to the Abraham legend".〔"Between Jerusalem and Benares: Comparative Studies in Judaism and Hinduism", page 35- 40〕 American biologist Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1783-1840) in his book ''The American nations'' discusses linguistic and traditional similarities between the two religions. In one chapter he writes: "Our Noah- is thus NH (pr NOE) which the Jews since pronounced NUH, and even Mnuh! Exactly the same name as given him by the Hindus! And all meaning repose, with many collateral meanings, lawgiver, collecting people, assembly humanity & c. The laws of M'nu are preserved by the Hindus : to him is also ascribed the substance of the Vedas, and the whole Mosaic history till near his own death. But the Hindus have many- M'nus ; Adam and Seth were such, by the names of Adimo and Satya." Alan Brill is currently working on the theological differences and similarities.〔Larry Yudelson, http://jstandard.com/content/item/passage_to_india/31386〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hinduism and Judaism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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