Judaism 2

Judaism, the religious culture of the Jews, claims over fourteen million followers throughout the world. It is the oldest living religion in the Western world. Historically, Judaism served as the model for Christianity and Islam, the other two great monotheistic religions, which together with Judaism claims half the world’s population as followers. The basic source of Jewish belief is the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament by Christians) especially its first five books called …

…Amos. The beliefs of Judaism have never been formulated in an official creed. Judaism stresses conduct rather than doctrinal correctness. Its followers have a considerable measure of latitude in matters of belief, especially concerning the messianic future and immortality. Judaism is a this world religion; its objective is a just and peaceful world order on earth. This hope is assured by the belief that God is the Lord of history as well as of nature.