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Judaism was founded by Abraham in the Fertile Crescent.
Abraham (18th century BCE) was born in Ur (Mesopotamia; now Iraq), where he first repudiated idolatry. He then sojourned in Harran (Syria) for several years, and then lived most of his life in Canaan (Israel).
It was in Canaan that Abraham lived most of his life, made a covenant with God (Genesis ch.15), and raised a family to be the center of carrying on his traditions (Genesis 18:19).
Abraham's family carried on his teachings voluntarily. Judaism as a binding, permanent entity, was set forth between God and the Israelite nation descended from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob at Mount Sinai in the time of Moses (Exodus ch.19, ch.24, and 34:27).All of the above places are in the ancient Fertile Crescent.
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As the name implies, Judaism originated in Judah, a small Hebrew enclave to the west of the Dead Sea. It had its origins in what is now known to have been a polytheistic Hebrew religion substantially shared with its northern neighbour, Israel. Tradition eventually blotted out memory of the polytheistic past, but that past re-emerges in the findings of Archaeology and hermeneutic study of the Hebrew scriptures.
Judaism, as we know it today, actually evolved over a period of centuries and also owes much to the scribes and prophets who lived in and near Babylon during the sixth-century-BCE Exile, when much of the Hebrew Bible was completed. This was also the period during which Judaism became firmly monotheistic, although it seems to have already become monolatrous even before the Exile.
The First Roman-Jewish War began in 66 CE as a result of swingeing taxes imposed by the Romans and the appropriation of money from the Jerusalem Temple. The inevitable result of the war was the destruction of the Temple and, with it, the inability to continue animal sacrifices as well as the disappearance of the Sadducee faction. The Pharisees evolved Judaism, to become the Rabbinic Judaism we know today. This was the beginning of modern Judaism.
Religion was not affected by the industrial revolution.religion
Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Jerusalem and the area surrounding it was the area in which three major religions came into being; Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Therefore, all groups feel like the area is rightfully theirs. Because of this all groups feel very strongly and emotionally about the land.
No. There is no religion that venerates the area occupied by the Gaza Strip.
it is a world heritage sight and area