A: One of the most ancient belief systems, Judaism is the religion of the Jews. Judaism is the oldest of the monotheistic religions, which hold that there is only one god rather than a plethora of many different deities. The name of the Jewish God is Yahweh (Jehovah) and the holy book is the Torah. The historical origins of Judaism are disputed among scholars. However, followers of the religion believe that a man named Abram (later known as Abraham) left the Mesopotamian city of Ur for Cannan (Palestine), sometime around 1800-2000 BC. In Cannan, Abraham made a covenant with Yahweh, accepting him as the most important god and the ruler of the universe.
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