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Judaism is a monotheistic religion that was founded in Israel by Abraham in c. 1,800 BCE.  It is a religious philosophy based on the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) that defines the way of life of the Jewish people.

Deities:		Supernatural agents:		Beliefs:		Traditions:
God (supreme being and creator deity)		Moses Balaam (a diviner)		God created the universe, and the Earth, on Monday, October 7, 3761 BCE at 22:11 IDT Scripture is omnisignificant A single divine will is represented by unity of scripture "Jewish" is not a race		Yom Kippur (25 hours of attonement)

The misunderstanding that Jews qualify as a "race" was a ruling of convenience by the USA Supreme Court in the 1980s for the benefit of anti-discrimination laws.  Although legal protection clearly was the intent, many Jews find the ruling deeply offensive because, in addition to contradicting scientific logic that race is a genetic distinction, the idea implicitly adds some justification to the infamous Nazi mischaracterization of Jews being an inferior race.

See also

• Catholicism
• Christian Science
• Christianity
• Kimbanguism