Judaism

Judaism, monotheistic religion developed among the ancient Hebrews. Judaism is characterized by a belief in one transcendent God who revealed himself to Abraham, Moses, and the Hebrew prophets and by a religious life in accordance with Scriptures and rabbinic traditions. Judaism is the complex phenomenon of a total way of life for the Jewish people, comprising theology, law, and innumerable cultural traditions.

The first section of this article treats the history of Judaism in the broadest and most complete sense, from the early ancestral beginnings of the Jewish people to contemporary times. In the second section the beliefs, practices, and culture of Judaism are discussed.

• The history of Judaism
• Hellenistic Judaism (4th century BCE–2nd century CE)
• The age of the tannaim (135–c. 200)
• Modern Judaism (c. 1750 to the present)
• The Judaic tradition
• Basic practices and institutions
• The Jewish religious year
• Art and iconography
• Jewish philosophy
• Jewish mysticism
• Jewish myth and legend

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