The Golden Rule predates the New Testament by a significant margin… In fact nearly every culture has this concept of mutual reciprocity, even if not explicitly stated.
There’s a story in the Talmud about Hillel the elder, a rabbi who died in 10 CE:
There was another incident involving one gentile who came before Shammai and said to Shammai: Convert me on condition that you teach me the entire Torah while I am standing on one foot. Shammai pushed him away with the builder’s cubit in his hand. This was a common measuring stick and Shammai was a builder by trade. The same gentile came before Hillel. He converted him and said to him: That which is hateful to you do not do to another; that is the entire Torah, and the rest is its interpretation. Go study.
Judaism doesnt follow New Testament
The Golden Rule predates both.
Wow, Egyptians, 2000 BCE. Thats setting the ole Wayback Machine to high.
Mr. Peabody
The Golden Rule predates the New Testament by a significant margin… In fact nearly every culture has this concept of mutual reciprocity, even if not explicitly stated.
There’s a story in the Talmud about Hillel the elder, a rabbi who died in 10 CE:
Yep, it’s generally a stereotypical Hassidic thing to quote Hillel at random moments
Which is why it’s thankfully still not as genocidal as both its offsprings.