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TIL Judaism is one of the oldest, still practiced, religions in the world. Though 'modern' Judaism has its roots in 500BCE, The oldest forms of Judaism are found in the Bronze Age in 1000BCE stemming from the worship of one of many polytheistic gods who would eventually be worshiped alone: Yahweh.

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