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because they hated over-generalizing people like all Americans are.
The question as put is unclear. Please resubmit. Are you asking about the "history of the religion of judaism", "history of the development of religious judaism", "history of relgious Jews", etc.?
Throughout history, relations among Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have been tense in varying degrees. However, they are all monotheistic religions that have many elements and figures in common.
The Torah is the key to Judaism. It contains the history of Judaism, its morals, laws, ideology and outlook.
Because it defines Judaism; and (among other things) it records our early history.
JudaismGenerally speaking, throughout history Judaism hasn't really spread per se. Rather it has survived and grown naturally through childbirth. This is due to the fact that Judaism doesn't proselytize and the number of converts throughout history has been minimal. Keep in mind that during most of history and in most places, converting to Judaism was considered a capital offense, punishable by death or losing all your possessions. Generally speaking most Jews are descendents of Jews. Only in recent years has conversion to Judaism picked up a bit, relatively to previous generations.ChristianityChristianity has spread through proselytization, movement of Christians to different places in the world, forcible conversion, and debate. Once Christianity became the official religion of Rome, it also wielded political power, leading to many more conversions.
All countries which guarantee freedom of religion allow Jews to practice their faith. Throughout Jewish history, Jews who lived in countries where freedom of religion was denied, practiced Judaism in fear or in secret. Only one country has Judaism as the majority, with other faiths respected. That one small country is Israel.
Abraham Lincoln played NO role in the history of Judaism. You might be confusing him with Abraham the prophet.
Jewish people belong to the Judaism, so they believe (most of them) in the Jewish stories and bible; but every Jewish man has his own story, so we can't say every Jew has the same history of the Judaism.
Islam and Judaism are two distinct monotheistic religions that share part of their history.
N. R. M. De Lange has written: 'Judaism' -- subject(s): Judaism 'An introduction to Judaism' -- subject(s): Judaism 'The illustrated history of the Jewish people' -- subject(s): Civilization, Judaism, Jews, History 'Atlas of the Jewish world' -- subject(s): Historical geography, History, Jews, Judaism, Maps 'An introduction to Judaism' -- subject(s): Judaism 'Apocrypha' -- subject(s): Apocryphal books (Old Testament), Bible, Criticism, interpretation
For Judaism: http://judaism.answers.com/jewish-history/a-biography-of-abraham