Pariprashnena — Q&A Archive

SP never made a connection between Jesus and Brahma, as far as Vedabase shows. Isa das ACBSP writes in his book Rabbi and I, ch. 24:

DEVOTEE: Rabbi, in the First Canto of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, there is a long description of how Lord Brahma created the planets, stars, and bodies of all living entities within this universe. Until he executed the creative process, there was no order, only chaos.
The material energy existed but was unmanifest. Can you tell me more about the original Abraham and how he may be connected with the creation?
RABBI: Yes. The original Abraham has practically the same function and the same name as Lord Brahma. For example, in Hebrew, Abraham is pronounced A-brahma-m. Furthermore, there is a description of how the universe was in chaos until Abraham appeared. It is said, "Over the whole, there hovered Tohu (chaos) and as long as Tohu dominated, the whole world was not in being or existence. When did that key open the gates and make the world fruitful? It was when Abraham appeared." [Genesis II:4]

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Rabbi Shimmel: ...While in India, I came upon a group of people who claimed that there was a relation between Krishna and Judaism through the Yadu dynasty, the one in which Krishna was born. They made much of the seeming relation between the words Judah and Yadu, claiming that the Jews were descendants of the Yadus. Do you believe in this? Is this taught in your line?
Satyaraja Dasa: No. In the summer of 1971, my Godbrother, Nayana Bhiram, asked Srila Prabhupada about that. Prabhupada wrote him a letter* explaining that our line does not support this conclusion. We have nothing to do with it. You know, there are a lot of similarities that would be great. Just wishful thinking. There is one scholar, P.N. Oak, who has come up with a good deal of this sort of thing. But it is not supported by the tradition itself, nor is his research completely thorough in all cases. Rama and His enemy Ravanna were the founding fathers of Rome (known in Italian as Roma) and Ravenna. Or that Argentina was named after Arjuna. Theres just not enough evidence. (Satyaraja das, Om Shalom, ch. 2)

*) "Because there is some similarity of the word Jew and Yadu so some historian or scholar, so called, created this notion. I have read it also in some paper. But even it is true, we have nothing to do with it. Lord Krishna killed his own dynasty under His personal supervision." (SP letter to Nayanabhirama, London, 22 August, 1971)