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 (58,295 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Ethnic group: Jewish people[3], Samaritan[4]
- Instance of: ethnic religion[5], lifestyle[6]
- Named after: Kingdom of Judah[7]
- Location: worldwide[8]
- Subclass of: monotheistic religion[9], Abrahamic religion[10]
- Commons category: Judaism[11]
- Foundational text: Torah[12], Hebrew Bible[13], Talmud[14]
- Said to be the same as: Ales[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]
- Topic's main category: Category:Judaism[22], Category:Jews[23]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Judaism[24]
- Facet of: religion in Israel[25]
- OpenStreetMap tag: religion=jewish[26]
- Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[27], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Otto's encyclopedia[30], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[31], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[32]
- Partially coincident with: Jewish culture[33]
- Topic has template: Template:Judaism[34], Template:Jews and Judaism sidebar[35]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/tags/judaism[36]
- Has characteristic: monotheism[37]
- Native label: יהדות[38]
- Represented by: Jewish religious community[39]
- History of topic: Jewish history[40]
- Has list: list of Jewish communities by country[41]
Why It Matters
Judaism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Judaism is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
Judaism has been cited as an influence by Islam[44], a major religious group[45], founded in 0631[46]; Rastafari[47], a religion[48]; and Hypsistarians[49], a religion[50].
FAQs
Who did Judaism influence?
Judaism has been cited as an influence by Islam[44], Rastafari[47], and Hypsistarians[49].