Jewish Monotheistic Religions
Judaism is the oldest of the monotheistic religions, and its history is heavily connected to the history of the Jewish people themselves. Its story begins with the original agreement made between Abraham and God, circa 1900 BCE, when Abraham was called to leave his home in Ur and migrate to Cannan (later known as Palestine and Israel), a land God promised to give to his descendants. The second and chief agreement was made 450 years later when Moses led the Jews out of slavery in Egypt (the exodus) back to the lands of Canaan. At Mt Horeb (Sinai), God gave the Jewish people the 10 Commandants and other rules to live by (contained in the Torah, the first five books of the Bible), marking the beginning of Judaism as a structured religion. Jewish civilisation after the mass migration thrived in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, initially headed by effective lords like Saul, David and Solomon, who built the first great temple in Jerusalem.
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A second temple was manufactured when the Jews returned around 538 BCE, to be brought to ruins by the Romans in 70 CE. This destruction was decisive for the eventual fate of Judaism, replacing a sacrificial religion based around a temple with a custom of studying and learning that revolved around local synagogues. By around 100CE, the canon of the Hebrew Bible was altered. Somewhere around 200 and 700 CE, scholars gathered the Mishna, the authoritative code of Jewish
A second temple was manufactured when the Jews returned around 538 BCE, to be brought to ruins by the Romans in 70 CE. This destruction was decisive for the eventual fate of Judaism, replacing a sacrificial religion based around a temple with a custom of studying and learning that revolved around local synagogues. By around 100CE, the canon of the Hebrew Bible was altered. Somewhere around 200 and 700 CE, scholars gathered the Mishna, the authoritative code of Jewish