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Judaism

Abrahamic monotheistic ethnic religion of the Jews
Class type of: monotheistic religion, Abrahamic religion Q9268
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Summary

Judaism is a religion[1]. Judaism is a type of monotheistic religion[2] and Abrahamic religion[3].

Key Facts

  • Ethnic group: Jewish people[4], Samaritan[5]
  • Instance of: ethnic religion[6], lifestyle[7], monotheistic religion[8]
  • Named after: Kingdom of Judah[9]
  • Location: worldwide[10]
  • Foundational text: Torah[11], Hebrew Bible[12], Talmud[13]
  • Unicode character: ✡️[14]
  • Has part(s): Jewish movement[15], Jewish religious movements[16], Jewish philosophy[17]
  • Inception: 500 BC[18]
  • Location of formation: Mesopotamia[19]
  • Separated from: atenism[20]
  • Facet of: religion in Israel[21]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: religion=jewish[22]
  • Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[23], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Otto's encyclopedia[26], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[27], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[28]
  • Partially coincident with: Jewish culture[29]
  • Topic has template: Template:Judaism[30], Template:Jews and Judaism sidebar[31]
  • Has characteristic: monotheism[32]
  • Native label: יהדות[33]
  • Represented by: Jewish religious community[34]
  • History of topic: Jewish history[35]
  • Has list: list of Jewish communities by country[36]
  • Operating area: worldwide[37]
  • Studied by: Jewish studies[38], sociology of Jewry[39]

Why It Matters

Judaism has been cited as an influence by Islam[40], a major religious group[41], founded in 0631[42], headquartered in Al-Masjid Al-Haram[43]; Rastafari[44], a religion[45]; and Hypsistarians[46], a religion[47].

FAQs

Who did Judaism influence?

Judaism has been cited as an influence by Islam[40], Rastafari[44], and Hypsistarians[46].

Related Entities

Abraham ibn Daud Abraham ibn Ezra Abraham Isaac Kook Abraham Joshua Heschel Adam Brody Adam Sandler Adam Schiff Agrippa II Aidan Gallagher Akiva ben Joseph Alain Chabat Alain Finkielkraut Alan Menken Albert Einstein Aletta Jacobs Alexander von Zemlinsky Alex Borstein Al Franken Alfred Adler Alfred Dreyfus Alfred Newman Alice Herz-Sommer Alicia Silverstone Alison Brie Ally Sheedy Alyson Hannigan Amanda Bynes Amanda Peet Amir Peretz Amos Oz

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . cia.gov. cia.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] ↑ . encyclopedia.com. encyclopedia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  36. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  38. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Mullanur · 2026-10-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → —
    Sitelink count → 264
    Wikipedia languages → ['ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'anp', 'ar', 'arc', 'ary', 'arz', 'as',
    Separated from → atenism
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Separated from: atenism"
  2. 10w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Saint-Usuge Spaniel
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  3. 12w ago · Superraptor123 · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → religion, ethnic religion, lifestyle +1
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Instance of"
  4. 14w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Michael Walter
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q319528, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  5. 14w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 9028
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 9028, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167480780|JUDAISM (#167480780)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #"
  6. 15w ago · Charp238 · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lemmy community id → judaism@lemmy.ml
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Lemmy community id: judaism@lemmy.ml"
  7. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4R9at
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  8. 18w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 5540
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 5540, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107287575|religion, Jewish (#107287575)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford"
  9. 18w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → judaism
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Encyclopedia of china (third edition) id: 79486"
  10. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002177-judaismus, h0008474-uceni-judaismu
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0002177-judaismus, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
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