Judaism is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, ethnic religion that comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jewish people. Religious Jews regard Judaism as their means of obs
Collection of Judaica (clockwise from top): Candlesticks for Shabbat, a cup for ritual handwashing, a Chumash and a Tanakh, a Yad, a shofar, and an etrog box.
Maccabees by Wojciech Stattler (1842)
A painting of Moses decorates the Dura-Europos synagogue dating from 244 CE
The Western Wall in Jerusalem is a remnant of the wall encircling the Second Temple. The Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism.
Yahwism, also known as the Israelite religion, was the ancient Semitic religion of the Israelites of ancient Israel and Judah. The Israelite religion appears to have been closely related to Canaanite
Judaism
…Abraham and Moses (according to tradition) Origin 1st millennium BCE 20th–18th century BCE (traditional) Judah Mesopotamia (traditional) Separated from Yahwism Separations Samaritanism Mandaeism Christianity Number of followers c. 14.8 million (referred to as Jews, 2025) Judaism (Hebrew: יַהֲדוּת, romanized…
Sherd of a pithos found at Kuntillet Ajrud, bearing the inscription Yahweh and his Asherah
The Holy of Holies in a ruined temple at Tel Arad, with two incense pillars and two stele, one to Yahweh, and one most likely to Asherah. The temple was destroyed or abandoned during the late Iron Age.
Solomon dedicates the Temple at Jerusalem (painting by James Tissot or follower, c. 1896–1902).