The religion of Israel was a monotheistic religion, meaning that they worshipped one God alone. The other religions of the time worshipped many gods such as sun gods, rain gods, planet-gods, etc.
It was unique in its belief in One God and its utter repudiation of idols and immorality.
British historian Paul Johnson, in his A History of the Jews, adds: "To the Jews we owe the idea of equality before the law, both Divine and human; of the sanctity of life and the dignity of the human person; of the individual conscience and so of personal redemption: of the collective conscience and so of social responsibility; of peace as an abstract ideal and love as the foundation of justice, and many other items which constitute the basic furniture of the human mind. Without the Jews it would have been a much emptier place."
Dictionaries define "Judaism" as The monotheistic religion of the Jews, since the founding principle of Judaism was the unique belief in One ethical God. This was the teaching which was spread by Abraham, and has continued since then. From Judaism, belief in One God has spread through the Western world. It was unlike idolatry, which had tended to go hand in hand with cruel, licentious and excessive behavior, since the caprices which were narrated concerning the idols were adopted as an excuse to imitate those types of behavior.
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"I will insist that the Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation ... fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations" (John Adams, 2nd President of the United States).
"Certainly, the world without the Jews would have been a radically different place. Humanity might have eventually stumbled upon all the Jewish insights, but we cannot be sure. All the great conceptual discoveries of the human intellect seem obvious and inescapable once they had been revealed, but it requires a special genius to formulate them for the first time. The Jews had this gift. To them we owe the idea of equality before the law, both Divine and human; of the sanctity of life and the dignity of human person; of the individual conscience and of collective conscience, and social responsibility" (Paul Johnson, Christian historian, author of A History of the Jews and A History of Christianity).
At the time of Abraham the Hebrew, the world was full of pagan cults; they were polytheistic, worshiping multiple deities and lacking moral character; with their rites accompanied by things such as human sacrifice, "sacred" prostitution, and animal worship. Abraham was the first to advance the idea of ethical monotheism: the worship of One God, and the appropriate ethical code of conduct. Link: How Abraham founded Judaism It is important to note that all of the above existed in Judaism thousands of years earlier than in other nations. Here's just one example: Infanticide was practiced in classical European nations until Judaism and its daughter-religions put a stop to it.
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The "meaning of Jewish Comedy" is: Jewish humor is the long tradition of humor in Judaism dating back to the Torah and Midrash from ancient mid-east.
East Meadow Jewish Center was created in 1956.
East Midwood Jewish Center was created in 1929.
Ancient Church of the East was created in 1968.
Ancient Church of the East's population is 100,000.
The motto of East Pakistan is 'Unity, Faith, Discipline'.
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they hated it and would do everything to stop itAt the dawn of Christianity after Jesus died, the Romans hated the Christians. They wanted all of the Christian to suffer and die for voicing their faith that was believed by the Romans to be false.
The bust of Nefertiti is considered to be the Ancient near east Masterpiece.
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Hinduism and Buddhism