Judaism is one of the most ancient religions known and also one of the most time-faring. Jewish thought and scholarship has sometimes led the world, in science and politics Jews have made massive impacts. Perhaps the first religion to be comprehensively monotheistic, from it sprang both Islam and Christianity.
2000 years of bloody Anti-Semitism; its foundation and history
The Ebionites: Early Jewish Christians in the First Century
There are 267 000 Nominal Jews in England & Wales (0.5% of the population). 2001 data
The 2001 Census revealed there are 267 000 Jews in Britain, although because of the religious and cultural identity of the Jews, that doesn't indicate what proportion are religious "practising" Jews or which ones are secular non-religious Jews.
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In his description of Humanistic Judaism, Prof. Partridge notes that modern secular academics dispute the entire Biblical pseudo-history of the Jewish peoples.
“According to Sherwin Wine, the major exponent of Humanistic Judaism, the traditional conception of Jewish history is mistaken. In his view, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob never existed. Furthermore, the Exodus account is a myth: 'There is no historical evidence to substantiate a massive Hebrew departure from the land of the Pharaohs. As far as we can surmise, the Hebrew occupation of the hill country on both sides of the Jordan was continuous. The 12 tribes never left their ancestral land, never endured 400 years of slavery, and never wandered the Sinai desert.' Moreover, Moses was not the leader of the Hebrews, nor did he compose the Torah. In this light, it is an error to regard the biblical account as authoritative; rather it is a human record of the history of the Israelite nation, the purpose of which is to reinforce the faith of the Jewish nation. [...] Humanistic Judaism thus offers an option for those who wish to identify with the Jewish community despite their rejection of the traditional understanding of God's nature and activity.”
"Encyclopedia of New Religions" by Prof. Christopher Partridge (2004), p118
Partridge, Christopher (Ed.)
"Encyclopedia of New Religions" (2004 Hardback). Published by Lion Publishing, Oxford, UK.
By Vexen Crabtree 2004 Oct 06
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