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Early History of Judaism

    It has been argued that Judaism can be seen not only as a single religion, but as a group of similar religions. It has also been pointed-out that through all the trials and tribulations that Judaism has suffered through, that there have been common themes that have proven omni-pervasive. Any institution with roots as ancient and varied
as the religion of the Jews is bound to have a few variations,especially when most of its history takes place in the political and theological hot spot of the Middle East.

    In this discussion, many facets of Judaism will be examined, primarily in the three temporal subdivisions labeled the Tribal / Pre-Monarchy Period, the Divided Monarchy, and the Hasmonean / Maccabean and Roman Era. Among all the time periods where the religion has been split, thesethree seem to be the most representative of the forces responsible.

    As for a common thread seen throughout all Judaism's, the area of focus

here is the place associated with the religion: Jerusalem. This topic

will be covered in detail first, and then the multiple Judaism arguments

will be presented. In this way, it is possible to keep a common focus in

mind when reading about all the other situations in which the religion

has found itself. A brief conclusion follows the discussion

    A Place to Call Home No other religion has ever been so attached to its

birthplace as Judaism. Perhaps this is because Jews have been exiled and

restricted from this place for most of their history.   Jerusalem is not

only home to Judaism, but to the Muslim and Christian religions as well.

Historically this has made it quite a busy place for the various groups.

    Jerusalem is where the temple of the Jews once stood; the only place on

the whole Earth where one could leave the confines of day to day life

and get closer to God. In 586 BCE when the...