Judaism

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Judaism (יהודה, Yehudah, “Judah”) is the religion of the Jewish people. It is an ancient, monotheistic, Abrahamic religion with the Torah as its foundational text. It encompasses the religion, philosophy, and culture of the Jewish people.

Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenant that God established with the Children of Israel. Judaism encompasses a wide corpus of texts, practices, theological positions, and forms of organization. The Torah is part of the larger text known as the Tanakh or the Hebrew Bible, and supplemental oral tradition is represented by later texts such as the Midrash and the Talmud. With between 14.5 and 17.4 million adherents worldwide, Judaism is the tenth largest religion in the world.

Articles on Judaism

Main articles

Jewish History

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Hanukkah lights

Jewish Principles of Faith

God in Judaism

Prophets in Judaism

Wisdom in Judaism

 

Judaism practices

Jewish Law (Halakha)

Dietary laws and customs

Jewish Mysticism

Apostasy in Judaism

Jewish prayers

Oral Torah development

Oral Torah development

Judaism’s Religious Books

Written Torah

Oral Torah

Rabbinic literature

Jewish Liturgy

Articles on Jewish Religious Books

Photographic reproduction of the Great Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at Qumran. It contains the entire Book of Isaiah in Hebrew, apart from some small damaged parts. This manuscript was probably written by a scribe of the Jewish sect of the Essenes around the second century BC. It is therefore over a thousand years older than the oldest Masoretic manuscripts.

Photographic reproduction of the Great Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at Qumran. It contains the entire Book of Isaiah in Hebrew, apart from some small damaged parts. This manuscript was probably written by a scribe of the Jewish sect of the Essenes around the second century BC. It is therefore over a thousand years older than the oldest Masoretic manuscripts.

Branches and denominations

Development of Rabbinic Judaism

Origins of Rabbinic Judaism
Origins of Christianity
Split of early Christianity and Judaism

Historical Judaism

The Star of David (or Magen David), is a generally recognized symbol of modern Jewish identity and Judaism.

The Star of David

Rabbinic Judaism

New Religious Movement

Jewish Culture

Interactions with other religions