Abstract:

Christians have begun to use the rabbinical literature to direct objections to Jewish religion from the thirteenth century on. This use is manifested in two ways. The first is to find evidence from the Jewish holy book literature in support of the Christian truths. The second is the effort to prove that the Jewish literature is invalid. Although Christians generally accept Jewish sacred texts, they call them "Old Testament" or "Old Torah". On the other hand, they call their sacred texts "New Testament" or "New Torah". It is possible to say that Christians are divided into two in general in their approach to Jewish scriptures. Some of them have attributed value to the Old Torah to some extent in terms of the origin and nature of the revelation. The others, conversely, point out the contradiction and some flaws in their content and stress that the Old Torah is invalid because the New Torah has arrived. However, according to general Christian belief, the New Torah, which came with Jesus Christ, is better than the Old Torah and perfects it by removing its shortcomings. Of course, for the Jews, this is not acceptable. This article deals with the answers given by the Jews to the Christian criticism of the Torah, and with the Jewish criticism of the Bible.

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