Most Evangelicals have an outsized love for Israel and a great deal of respect for Judaism. So much so, that Evangelicals have been known to borrow Jewish customs to be “more authentic”. A number of Evangelicals even teach “dual covenant” salvation. This is the belief that Jews can be saved because of the covenant God made with Abraham, without their having to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior. Evangelical beliefs concerning Judaism create a problem for two reasons. First, the number of Evangelicals in the US is rather large, so their beliefs matter. Second, Evangelicals don’t really know anything about Rabbinic Judaism, so their beliefs are more grounded in myth than reality. They are not alone in this, as most American Christians of any variety are just as ignorant.

Believing in myths about Judaism has led America into more than one costly war, harmed our moral standing in the world, and silenced opposition to the ever-increasing Christian persecution within Israel itself. These myths harm us socially, as our very freedom of speech is increasingly constrained to prevent utterances labeled as “anti-Semitic”.

The religion of Judaism is a big topic, and covering all aspects of it is way beyond the scope of a single article. Rather, this is a focused attempt to correct what I perceive as the top three most harmful myths a majority of American Christians believe about Judaism. https://orthodoxreflections.com/3-harmful-myths-most-christians-believe-about-judaism/