Judaism

Also known as Jewish religion

Judaism () is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, ethnic religion that comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jewish people. Religious Jews regard Judaism as their means of observing the Mosaic covenant, which they believe was established between God and the Jewish people. The religion is considered one of the earliest monotheistic religions.

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Judaism is an ancient monotheistic religion centered on the spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jewish people, with roots tracing back to what believers understand as a covenant between God and the Jewish people through Moses. It matters as one of the earliest monotheistic religions and continues to shape the identity and practices of Jewish communities worldwide.

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Key facts

Religion.name: Judaism
Religion.native_name_lang: he
Religion.image: judaica.jpg
Religion.imagewidth: 275px
Religion.caption: Candlesticks for Shabbat, a cup for ritual handwashing, a Chumash and a Tanakh, a Yad, a shofar, and an etrog box.
Religion.type: Ethnic religion
Religion.main_classification: Abrahamic
Religion.theology: Monotheistic
Religion.area: Israel and worldwide as minorities
Religion.language: Biblical Hebrew and Biblical Aramaic
Religion.founder: Abraham and Moses (according to tradition)
Religion.founded_place: Judah
Religion.separated_from: Yahwism
Religion.number_of_followers: (referred to as Jews, 2025)

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Research

3,102 papers

Judaism.Cancer treatment and research · 2023Jacobs J, Jacobs PDOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-29923-0_17
Judaism, Women's Health and COVID-19.Journal of religion and health · 2025Carey LB, Cohen J, Gabbay E et al.DOI: 10.1007/s10943-024-02248-5
Chaplaincy, Judaism, Ukraine, COVID-19 and JORH Jubilee.Journal of religion and health · 2023Carey LB, Cohen J, Gabbay E et al.DOI: 10.1007/s10943-023-01737-3
Judaism.Dolentium Hominum · 1996Toaff E
Organ Donation in Judaism.Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation · 2020Alaluf İDOI: 10.6002/ect.rlgnsymp2020.L4
Miraculous Healing in Judaism.Psychiatria Danubina · 2021Dadon K
Exercise in Judaism.ReviewBulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 1989Rosner F, Weg IL
Judaism and Medicine.Perspectives in biology and medicine · 1983Sabin ABDOI: 10.1353/pbm.1983.0024

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Wikidata facts

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Commons category: Judaism
OpenStreetMap tag: religion=jewish
inception: 0500-00-00
Stack Exchange site URL: judaism.stackexchange.com
P8248: human
Unicode character: ✡️
native label: יהדות
social media followers: 84923
Stack Exchange tag: hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/tags/judaism
vocalized name: יַהֲדוּת‎

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70 sections

Contents

Etymology
Biblical and Talmudic narrative
The covenant with Abraham in the book of Genesis
The Torah, ''Nevi'im'', and ''Ketuvim''
The Talmud
Historical analysis of the Bible
History of Judaism
Origins
Iron Age kingdoms
Babylonian captivity, return, and Second Temple
Post-Temple Judaism
Judaism in pre-Islamic Arabia
Defining characteristics and principles of faith
Core tenets
Religious texts
Legal literature
Jewish philosophy
Rabbinic hermeneutics
Jewish identity
Distinction between Jews as a people and Judaism
Who is a Jew?
Jewish demographics
2020 population estimate
Jewish religious movements
Rabbinic Judaism
Sephardic and Mizrahi Judaism
Jewish movements in Israel
Karaites and Samaritans
Haymanot (Ethiopian Judaism)
Noahide (''B'nei Noah'' movement)
Jewish observances
Jewish ethics
Prayers
Religious clothing
Jewish holidays
Shabbat
Three pilgrimage festivals
High Holy Days
Purim
Hanukkah
Fast days
Israeli holidays
Torah readings
Synagogues and religious buildings
Dietary laws: ''kashrut''
Laws of ritual purity
Family purity
Life-cycle events
Community leadership
Classical priesthood
Prayer leaders
Specialized religious roles
Historical Jewish groupings (to 1700)
Persecutions
Hasidism
The Enlightenment and new religious movements
Spectrum of observance
Judaism and ecology
Judaism and other religions
Christianity and Judaism
Islam and Judaism
Syncretic movements incorporating Judaism
Criticism
See also
Notes
Footnotes
Bibliography
Selected cited works
Further reading
External links

Judaism as a religion and culture is founded upon a diverse body of texts, traditions, theologies, and worldviews. Among Judaism's core texts are the Torah (), the ''Nevi'im (), and the Ketuvim (), which together compose the Hebrew Bible. In Modern Hebrew, the Hebrew Bible is often referred to as the Tanakh ()—an acronym of its constituent divisions—or the Miqra (). With some differences in order and content, what Christianity calls the Old Testament has the same books as the Hebrew Bible.