05-29-2009, 10:26 AM
http://vridar.info/otorigins/mosesxerxes.htm (table from Jan-Wim Wesselius)
Judaism advances the glory of the ruler beyond reality (the valiant Moses is modeled to surpass the failed enemy Xerxes as described by Herodotus). Christianity does the opposite by hiding the successes of the Empire. Judaism is modeled upon the secretly admired enemy. Christianity is modeled to deceive the enemy. This accounts of the differences between the two.
Judaism advances the glory of the ruler beyond reality (the valiant Moses is modeled to surpass the failed enemy Xerxes as described by Herodotus). Christianity does the opposite by hiding the successes of the Empire. Judaism is modeled upon the secretly admired enemy. Christianity is modeled to deceive the enemy. This accounts of the differences between the two.