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A religion, an ethnicity, a peoplehood, a textual tradition, and an argument. Judaism is what the Jewish people have done with the covenant they understand themselves to share with the God of Abraham. It has lasted, in continuously identifiable form, for some 3,000 years. Key sections include: Ju daism.; Opening What Judaism is.; Chapter I Ancient Israel.; Chapter II The Hebrew Bible.; Chapter III The Second Temple period.; Chapter IV The rabbinic re-foundation.; Chapter V Talmud as form of life.; Chapter VI The medieval diaspora.; Chapter VII Maimonides.; Chapter VIII Kabbalah..
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