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Judaism is a monotheistic, non-Trinitarian world religion that is comprised by those "who define themselves as Jews in positive relation to the traditions formulated by the rabbis of the Talmud,"<ref>Norman Solomon, ''Judaism: A Very Short Introduction'' (Oxford, 1996), p. 4.</ref>. The Talmudic tradition begins around AD 200, although the Palestinian Talmud is not completed until c. AD 450, and the Babllonian Talmud c. AD 550. By this definition, Judaism excludes the Hebrew religion of the Old Testament, as well as first-century sects such as the Sadducees, Samaritans, Essenes, and Jewish Christians. Judaism nonetheless sees itself as an heir to the religion of Abraham and the covenant made with Moses during the events of the Israelite journey to the Promised Land from Egypt.
==AntiMajor Movements==Beginning in the nineteenth century, four major movements within Judaism came to be: Reform, Orthodox, Conservative, and Reconstructionist. The '''Reform''' movement began in Germany, and it "sought to regenerate public worship by enhancing its beauty and relevance, cutting obsolete material, introducing vernacular prayers, a weekly vernacular sermon, choral and organ music, and new ceremonies such as confirmation."<ref>Solomon, pp. 98-99.</ref>first lasting Reform temple was founded in 1818 in Hamburg, Germany. The '''Conservative''' movement is associated particularly with Zacharias Frankel (1801-semitism 75) in Scripture==Germany and Solomon Schecter (1850-1915) in the United States. '''Orthodox''' Judaism refers not so much to a movement as "an umbrella term for all those forms of traditional Judaism which were left behind when first Reform, then Conservative Judaism, set up organizations ... in some way critical of traditional Judaism as commonly interpreted."<ref>Solomon, p. 103.</ref> '''Reconstructionist''' Judaism is associated primarily with Mordecai Kaplan (1881-1983) and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (established in 1968). More radical than the Conservative and Reform, it calls "for a reappraisal of Judaism, including such fundamental concepts as God, Israel, and Torah, and institutions such as the Synagogue, in the light of contemporary thought and society."<ref>Solomon, p. 106.</ref>
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<!--- ==Judaism The Orthodox Church and Russian the Holocaust====Notable Jewish figures in Orthodox Church Lifelife==--->==Reading==*''Communion in the Messiah: Studies in the Relationship Between Judaism and Christianity'', [[Lev Gillet]] ISBN 978-1625645920*''Jewish History: A Very Short Introduction'', David N. Myers (Oxford, 2017)*''Judaism: A Very Short Introduction'', Norman Solomon (Oxford, 1996)
==The Orthodox Church and the HolocaustSee also==* [[Judaism and Early Christianity]]* [[Eastern Orthodoxy and Judaism]]* [[Anti-Orthodox]]
==Notable Jewish figures in Orthodox Church lifeExternal links==*[http://www.marquette.edu/maqom/ The Jewish Roots of Christian Mysticism] - A set of resources put together by a [[seminary]] led by Fr. [[Alexander Golitzin]]
==External Links=Judaism and Russian Church Life===*[http://www.marquettestetson.edu/maqom~psteeves/relnews/ The 9807b.html Luzhkov demonstrates against antisemitism: Moscow Mayor backs Jewish Roots of Christian MysticismCommunity] - A set of resources put together by a seminary led by Fr. Alexander GolitzinWill Englund, ''Baltimore Sun'', July 22, 1998
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