Evaluating the New Testament against the eternal covenant
From the perspective of Torah-only Judaism (often associated with traditional Jewish polemics and Karaitic/Rabbinic textual arguments that rely strictly on the Hebrew Bible/Tanakh), the New Testament is evaluated against the foundational commandments and theological criteria set forth in the Torah (the first five books of Moses: Genesis through Deuteronomy). Below are 20 primary arguments grounded in the Hebrew Scriptures that traditional Jewish scholars present to assert that the New Testament cannot be considered a true continuation of the Torah. 1. The Indutability and Permanence of the Torah Torah Text: Deuteronomy 13:1 (12:32 in English translations) – "Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do it; you shall not add to it, nor diminish from it." The Argument: The Torah explicitly forbids adding or subtracting commandments. Torah scholars argue that the New Testament adds hundreds of new theological doctrines and abolishes major commandments (e.g., cir...