What is the origin and meaning of the word Judaism?

Answer 1

It means the religion of the Jews. Both words have their origin in the Jewish tribe of Judah, since of the twelve Jewish tribes, most of the Jews today are from Judah. Judaism is also defined in dictionaries as the religion of Moses.

Answer:

The term Judaism means the Jewish religion. It comes from the Hebrew word "Yehudah" or "Judah" and refers to those from province of Judea.

Answer 2

Judaism is believing that G-d revealed himself to the entire nation of Israel and gave them instructions how to live and serve Him. These instructions are known as the Torah.

Answer:Belief in One God and the God-given Torah.

Answer:The English term "Judaism" is defined as: (1) the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud; and (2): Jews who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud.

Answer 3

The word Judaism has two meanings. It can mean the civilization of the Jews, the culture of those who claim to be Jews or whom others call Jewish. And it can also mean the religion of the Jews.

Answer 4

Judaism comes from the name Judah (Yehudah). Jacob, renamed Israel (Genesis ch.35), had twelve sons (ibid), from whom the Israelite nation descended. During the First Temple era (some 1000 years after Jacob's time), most of the Israelites were exiled by Shalmanesser and didn't return. The majority of the remainder were of the Israelite tribe of Judah (one of Jacob's sons); and since then that has been our name. The land of Israel was called Judea in Second Temple times; and it (Judeans; Judah-ites) gave rise to the names which we've been called in various languages: Jews, Yahud, Juifs, Juden, Zhid, Judios, etc.

Answer 5

Dictionaries define Judaism as "The religion of Moses; the religion of the Torah."

Answer 6

The religion of the Jews!