Judaism
Abrahamic monotheistic ethnic religion of the Jews
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Summary
Judaism is a religion[1]. Judaism ranks in the top 3% of religion entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (111,384 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Ethnic group: Jewish people[3], Samaritan[4]
- Instance of: ethnic religion[5], lifestyle[6], monotheistic religion[7]
- Named after: Kingdom of Judah[8]
- Location: worldwide[9]
- Subclass of: monotheistic religion[10], Abrahamic religion[11]
- Commons category: Judaism[12]
- Foundational text: Torah[13], Hebrew Bible[14], Talmud[15]
- Unicode character: ✡️[16]
- Has part(s): Jewish movement[17], Jewish religious movements[18], Jewish philosophy[19]
- Inception: 500 BC[20]
- Location of formation: Mesopotamia[21]
- Separated from: atenism[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Judaism[23], Category:Jews[24]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Judaism[25]
- Facet of: religion in Israel[26]
- OpenStreetMap tag: religion=jewish[27]
- Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Otto's encyclopedia[31], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[32], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[33]
- Partially coincident with: Jewish culture[34]
- Topic has template: Template:Judaism[35], Template:Jews and Judaism sidebar[36]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/tags/judaism[37]
- Has characteristic: monotheism[38]
- Native label: יהדות[39]
- Represented by: Jewish religious community[40]
- History of topic: Jewish history[41]
- Has list: list of Jewish communities by country[42]
Why It Matters
Judaism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Judaism is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]
Judaism has been cited as an influence by Islam[45], a major religious group[46], founded in 0631[47], headquartered in Al-Masjid Al-Haram[48]; Rastafari[49], a religion[50]; and Hypsistarians[51], a religion[52].
FAQs
Who did Judaism influence?
Judaism has been cited as an influence by Islam[45], Rastafari[49], and Hypsistarians[51].