Editing Judaism

{{Infobox religion|name=Judaism|main_classification=Abrahamic|theology=monotheistic|scripture=Hebrew Bible (TaNaKh)|time of orgin=6th century BCE|area=[[Israel]], [[Jewish Autonomous Oblast]], diaspora (primarily [[USA]])|language=Hebrew (liturgical)<br>Yiddish<br>Ladino|number_of_followers=14–15 million|icon=}}
'''Judaism''' is an [[Abrahamic religions|Abrahamic]] and [[Monotheism|monotheistic]] religion dating back roughly 3,500 years; practiced by over 15 million people in primarily [[State of Israel|Israel]] and the [[United States of America|United States]]. Followers of the faith are called '''Jews''', although this term can also refer to atheists born to a Jewish family (secular Jews). Judaism has had large influences on other Abrahamic religions such as [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=Neil Faulkner|year=2013|title=A Marxist History of the World: From Neanderthals to Neoliberals|chapter=The End of Antiquity|page=48–51|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacedljwr5izotdclz23o3c5p4di4t3ero3ncbfytip55slhiz4otuls?filename=Neil%20Faulkner%20-%20A%20Marxist%20History%20of%20the%20World_%20From%20Neanderthals%20to%20Neoliberals-Pluto%20Press%20%282013%29.pdf|publisher=Pluto Press|isbn=9781849648639|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=91CA6C708BFE15444FE27899217FBA8E}}</ref> It developed in ancient Palestine in the southern Levant, but following persecution from the [[Roman Empire (27 BCE–395 CE)|Roman Empire]] spread across [[Europe]], the [[Middle East]], North [[Africa]] and even as far as [[China]].

The most important Jewish text is the TaNaKh (תנ"ך), the canonical collection of ancient books on law, mythology, history and other writings. Its name is an acronym for the three section of the TaNaKh: Torah (תוֹרה) , Nevi'im (נביאים) and Ketuvim (כתובים). Other important texts include the Talmud and Shulchan Aruch. Jews worship one god, although it has many names.

== History ==

=== Ancient ===

==== Biblical period ====

==== Second Temple ====
[[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus]] of the [[Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BCE)|Achaemenid Empire]] allowed a group of Jewish exiles to travel to [[State of Palestine|Palestine]] and installed them as the local [[ruling class]]. Judaism split into aristocratic sects that collaborated with the Persian rulers and radical sects led by the [[peasantry]]. When the [[Seleucid Empire (312–63 BCE)|Seleucid Empire]] attempted to replace Yahweh with the [[Greece|Greek]] god Zeus, the Jews rose up and formed an independent state in the Maccabaean Revolt.<ref name=":02">{{Citation|author=Neil Faulkner|year=2013|title=A Marxist History of the World: From Neanderthals to Neoliberals|chapter=The End of Antiquity|page=54–55|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacedljwr5izotdclz23o3c5p4di4t3ero3ncbfytip55slhiz4otuls?filename=Neil%20Faulkner%20-%20A%20Marxist%20History%20of%20the%20World_%20From%20Neanderthals%20to%20Neoliberals-Pluto%20Press%20%282013%29.pdf|publisher=Pluto Press|isbn=9781849648639|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=91CA6C708BFE15444FE27899217FBA8E}}</ref>

==== Roman period ====
The Jews revolted against the [[Roman Empire (27 BCE–395 CE)|Roman Empire]] in 66, 115, and 132 CE, and the Romans killed tens of thousands of them each time. The first revolt destroyed a revolutionary group inspired by [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]], but his more conservative followers survived and later formed [[Christianity]]. After the last revolt, the Jews became almost entirely a diaspora group.<ref name=":02" />

=== Medieval ===
During the Black Death, [[Feudalism|feudal]] bishops and kings encouraged pogroms and claimed that Jews had poisoned the wells.<ref name=":02222">{{Citation|author=Neil Faulkner|year=2013|title=A Marxist History of the World: From Neanderthals to Neoliberals|chapter=European Feudalism|page=87|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacedljwr5izotdclz23o3c5p4di4t3ero3ncbfytip55slhiz4otuls?filename=Neil%20Faulkner%20-%20A%20Marxist%20History%20of%20the%20World_%20From%20Neanderthals%20to%20Neoliberals-Pluto%20Press%20%282013%29.pdf|publisher=Pluto Press|isbn=9781849648639|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=91CA6C708BFE15444FE27899217FBA8E}}</ref>

=== Modern ===

==== Rise of Zionism ====
[[Zionism]] was first proposed by European Christians starting in the 16th century. Some Jewish groups began to adopt Zionism in the late 19th century, and [[Theodor Herzl]] founded the [[World Zionist Organization]] in 1897 to advocate for the [[Settler colonialism|settlement]] of Palestine.<ref name=":03">{{News citation|newspaper=Line Struggle Collective|title=Deconstructing and debunking Zionism|date=2019-11-20|url=https://linestruggle.medium.com/deconstructing-and-debunking-zionism-4a3f60625d9a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621235056/https://linestruggle.medium.com/deconstructing-and-debunking-zionism-4a3f60625d9a|archive-date=2021-06-21|retrieved=2022-07-05}}</ref> During this period, the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)|Russian]] monarchy encouraged pogroms, leading many Jews to flee to the [[United States of America|USA]].'''<ref name=":022">{{Citation|author=Albert Szymanski|year=1984|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union|chapter=The European Nationalities in the USSR|page=88|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf|city=London|publisher=Zed Books Ltd|isbn=0862320186|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref>'''

==== Holocaust ====
{{Main article|Holocaust}}

==== Modern State of Israel ====
{{Main article|State of Israel}}

== Beliefs ==

=== Religious texts ===

=== Movements ===

=== Observances ===
One of the most important historical practices in Judaism was the [[debt]] jubilee, described in chapter 25 of Leviticus, which forgave all personal debts once every 50 years. It also freed [[Indentured servitude|bond servants]] and restored land to people who had lost it.<ref>{{Web citation|date=2023-05-05|title=Origins of debt: Michael Hudson reveals how financial oligarchies in Greece & Rome shaped our world|url=https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/05/24/debt-michael-hudson-oligarchies-greece-rome/|newspaper=[[Geopolitical Economy Report]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528041512/https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/05/24/debt-michael-hudson-oligarchies-greece-rome/|archive-date=2023-05-28|author=[[Ben Norton]], [[Michael Hudson]]}}</ref>

=== Names of God ===

== Jewish identity ==

=== Conversion ===

== Famous Jews throughout history ==

* [[Albert Einstein]]
* [[Lazar Kaganovich]]
* [[Karl Marx]]
* [[Yakov Sverdlov]]
* [[Leon Trotsky]]

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