Judaism Was Invented in 2nd Century BC | John Collins

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👉Sign up for Dr. John J. Collin's Course! https://historyvalley--ehrman.thrivecart.com/judaism-before-jesus/ A Religion in the Making Jews typically trace their origin to ancient Israel and the

Exodus from Egypt, yet the name "Judaism" only comes into common usage after the Babylonian Exile in the sixth century BCE. Before the Exile, Judah was an independent kingdom. After it, Judeans lived under a succession of empires: Persian, Greek, and Roman, with a brief interlude of native rule.

This course traces those five centuries of transformation: When the Torah Became Law, the Maccabean revolt, the rise of apocalypticism, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the messianic expectations that would shape Judaism and Christianity alike.

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Overview & Key Concepts

Who are History Valley?

History Valley podcast is a world history/religious history channel in which we discuss historical events, interview authors, PhD's, Professors and

other authors about subjects pertaining to those things.

What is Judaism?

Judaism encompasses the religion, philosophy, culture and way of life of the Jewish people. Judaism is a monotheistic religion, with the Torah as its

foundational text (part of the larger text known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible), and supplemental oral tradition represented by later texts such as the Midrash and the Talmud. Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenantal relationship that God established with the Children of Israel.
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Judaism includes a wide corpus of texts, practices, theological positions, and forms of organization. Within Judaism there are a variety of movements, most of which emerged from Rabbinic Judaism, which holds that God revealed his laws and commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of both the Written and Oral Torah.
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The Jews are an ethnoreligious group and include those born Jewish and converts to Judaism. In 2012, the world Jewish population was estimated at about 14 million, or roughly 0.2% of the total world population. About 42% of all Jews reside in Israel and about 42% reside in the United States and Canada, with most of the remainder living in Europe.

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