was judaism the first religion against human sacrifice?

[IndigoChild5559]

No. Zoroastrianism is older and did not include human sacrifice, so far as I am aware.

Zarathustra, also spelled Zarathushtra, Greek Zoroaster, (born traditionally c. 628 bce, possibly Rhages, Iran—died c. 551 bce), Iranian religious reformer and prophet, traditionally regarded as the founder of Zoroastrianism.
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[Starlight]

Eh?

There's no prohibition as such against human sacrifice in the Tanakh.

Even with child sacrifice the position is at best ambiguous: child sacrifice is demanded in places. Child sacrifice to other gods is condemned in places.

Check out

Human sacrifice: For:

Genesis 22:2
Exodus 22:29-30
Leviticus 27:28-29
Numbers 31:25-30,
Numbers 31:40-41
Joshua 6:21
Judges 11:30-39
2 Samuel 21
Jonah 1​

Against child sacrifice:

Deuteronomy 12:3
Deuteronomy 18:9-12
2 Kings 16:3
Psalms 106:38
Jeremiah 19:4-5
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(And of course Christianity is built around the idea of human sacrifice to God.)

Well you are wrong. According to Judaism human sacrifice is wrong.
Jews know their religion better than you do

And by the way, Christianity is against human sacrifice too. Jesus was not an ordinary person according to Christianity

 

[blü 2]

Well you are wrong. According to Judaism human sacrifice is wrong.

Did you actually read the references that I posted? They give examples where God asks for human sacrifice and examples where God condemns human sacrifice.

And as I pointed out, there is no unconditional condemnation of human sacrifice as such.

If you disagree, please quote it.

And by the way, Christianity is against human sacrifice too. Jesus was not an ordinary person according to Christianity

Jesus was a human who carried out a successful suicide mission, according to the gospels.

That is, his mission from the start was to die, and though the reasons for this remain unclear, what is clear is that his death was, according to Christianity, consecrated to God ie was a human sacrifice.

Mark 2:20; Mark 14:33-36; Matthew 26:18; Matthew 26:37-39; Luke 22:22; Luke 22:42; John 17:5; John 17:11; John 17:13.

 

[Sand Dancer]

Can you put a year (or year range) on when you think Judaism rejected human sacrifice?

Maybe Genesis 22 when Yahweh stopped Abraham from sacrificing Isaac?

 

[night912]

Maybe Genesis 22 when Yahweh stopped Abraham from sacrificing Isaac?

It says nothing about the rejection of sacrificing humans. Stopping Abraham from sacrificing Issac does not mean that Yahweh rejected human sacrifice. He wanted specific sacrifices as offerings for different occasions. So it can't be ruled out that it wasn't the same in this case. Nothing in that chapter indicates whether human sacrifices are forbidden or not for any/all offerings. So this can't be used for dating it.