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I don't know. I hope not.was judaism the first religion against human sacrifice?
No. Zoroastrianism is older and did not include human sacrifice, so far as I am aware.was judaism the first religion against human sacrifice?
Zoroastrianism may not be older than Judaism. there are different opinions about itNo. Zoroastrianism is older and did not include human sacrifice, so far as I am aware.
but was Judaism the first religion to receive a message from God that human sacrifice is forbidden? in the Tanakh God made human sacrifice forbiddenAncient Egyptians didn't practice human sacrifice following the early dynastic period and even then at that time it seems that it was confined to king's servants following him in the grave. We lose any sign of such practice from 2800 BC onward, well before judaism arised and Hebrew stopped the practice of human sacrifice.
but was Judaism the first religion to receive a message from God that human sacrifice is forbidden? in the Tanakh God made human sacrifice forbidden
Can you put a year (or year range) on when you think Judaism rejected human sacrifice?was judaism the first religion against human sacrifice?
many religions and cultures in acient times did practice human sacrifice. in acient times not all people realized that human sacrifice is wrongIf a culture doesn't practice human sacrifice and that their law is believed to be derived from divine source, like all ancient civilisation did, does that mean that one of their deity forbids it? In a culture that simply doesn't practice it, the idea of specifically prohibiting it is a bit strange. It would be like having a law that prevents you from cookinng your own daughters with paprica. That's an odd thing to forbid since we are all in agreement that killing children is bad, let alone cooking and eating them. It doesn't need to be said.
Zoroastrianism was also mentionned earlier and is generally considered a little older than judaism and doesn't make human sacrifices.
many religions and cultures in acient times did practice human sacrifice. in acient times not all people realized that human sacrifice is wrong
How do you know the egyptians though human sacrifice was wrong? Do you have evidence of this?Indeed. Egypt was a place where human sacrifice was considered wrong and wasn't practice. That's true from a time where there were no such thing as a Hebrew civilisation let alone judaism.
was judaism the first religion against human sacrifice?
Why them? What would make them authorities on religions other than their own?
How do you know the egyptians though human sacrifice was wrong? Do you have evidence of this?
They did not practiced it and murder or killing other people was considered wrong in their society. A sacrifice is killing someone. There is no statute today explicitly prohibiting human sacrifice, but its understood to be murder by our law and our customs. It's the same thing for Ancient Egyptians.
I believe it comes out in the year 1657 to the creation. The Noachide laws were given after the flood ended, which was a year after it began. So 1657 to the creation, which is the 22nd century BCE. Certain descendants of Shem continued to keep the laws until the time of Abraham. Abraham was the first person to receive a new commandment, circumcision, but this still wasn't proper Judaism as we know it. That truly began at Mt. Sinai, nearly 800 years after the flood.