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Did the Jewish religion start with Juda?

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By our tradition and written records (the Torah) 'the Jewish religion' must be said to have started with Abraham. However, the specific legal rulings that make up most of Jewish law came later. read more

Jews are called ‘Jews’ (Yehudim) from the Kingdom of Judah, which existed in the middle to southern (from just north of Jerusalem south into the Negev) parts of the Land of Israel. Yehudah (Judah) was one of the sons of Israel (Jacob) and the kings of Judah came from that tribe. read more

Judaism began about 4000 years ago with the Hebrew people in the Middle East. Abraham, a Hebrew man, is considered the father of the Jewish faith because he promoted the central idea of the Jewish faith: that there is one God. At the time many people in the Middle East worshipped many gods. read more

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