When did Judaism as we know it today—devoted to one God and the teachings of the Torah—really take root? How did the religious practices of the earliest Israelites differ from Judaism?
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the revolutionary groups, Sicarii and the Zealots and whatnot, who took their religious understanding of what Judaism was, took their religious interpretations and turned that into a political agenda.
Judaism, I would argue, is a blend of all these elements. However, the “ingredients” vary for each individual Jew. Some identify more strongly with the religious aspects, others with their ...