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Judaism -- What Is It and Where Did It Come From?

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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Is Judaism Really a Comprehensive Culture?

Judaism was not understood as any sort of comprehensive system like christianity islam. Early christians were very fond of using this word udaismos but they didn't invent the word. The word daismos actually first comes out of a jewish text, the book of macabes. And so they used it as a sort of catch all word for everything jews do that the christians don't, right?

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