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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 a Religion?

Judaism is not the religion of the jews, or at least it's meaningless and useless to say things like that. Rather properly speaking, judaism is the laws and customs of the jewish people. This word, a judaism, is fairly new. It only started to be used around the 14 hundreds. And even then, it didn't actually mean a religion like christianity. But if you try to project that deep back into history, thousands of years ago, it simply doesn't fit.

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