Ancient Israelite religion
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Ancient Israelite religion was the monotheistic (later firmly Yahwistic) religious tradition of the ancient Israelites that provided the foundational beliefs, scriptures, and concepts for Judaism, Christianity, and, indirectly, Islam.
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iron Age Levantine religion
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West Semitic religion ⓘ ancient religion ⓘ |
| afterlifeBelief | Sheol as abode of the dead (in earlier periods) ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
blessing and curse
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covenant law ⓘ divine retribution in history ⓘ eschatological hope (in later prophetic texts) ⓘ holiness (qedushah) ⓘ promise of land ⓘ ritual purity and impurity ⓘ |
| coreBelief |
centralization of worship in Jerusalem (in later monarchic period)
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covenant between Yahweh and Israel ⓘ election of Israel as chosen people ⓘ ethical monotheism (in later stages) ⓘ worship of Yahweh as national god of Israel ⓘ |
| cosmology |
creation by word of God
ⓘ
heaven, earth, and Sheol ⓘ |
| culticCenter |
Jerusalem Temple
NERFINISHED
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local high places (bamot) in early periods ⓘ |
| developedInto | Second Temple Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethicalTeaching |
Ten Commandments (Decalogue)
NERFINISHED
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justice for widow, orphan, and stranger ⓘ love of neighbor ⓘ prohibition of idolatry ⓘ |
| geographicRegion |
Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Israel ⓘ |
| indirectlyInfluenced | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christianity
NERFINISHED
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Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalCorpus |
Covenant Code
NERFINISHED
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Deuteronomic law NERFINISHED ⓘ Priestly law ⓘ |
| majorFestival |
Booths (Sukkot)
NERFINISHED
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Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur, in later priestly system) NERFINISHED ⓘ Festival of Unleavened Bread NERFINISHED ⓘ New Year (later Rosh Hashanah) NERFINISHED ⓘ Passover (Pesach) NERFINISHED ⓘ Weeks (Shavuot) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| priestlyInstitution |
Aaronide priesthood
NERFINISHED
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Levitical priesthood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryDeity | Yahweh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedDeity |
Asherah (contested and often condemned in texts)
NERFINISHED
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Baal (as rival deity in polemics) NERFINISHED ⓘ El (in early stages, often identified with Yahweh) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousOffice |
king as Yahweh’s anointed
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priest ⓘ prophet ⓘ |
| religiousTraditionOf | ancient Israelites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ritualPractice |
Sabbath observance (in later stages)
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animal sacrifice ⓘ burnt offerings (olah) ⓘ peace offerings (shelamim) ⓘ pilgrimage festivals ⓘ sin offerings (hatat) ⓘ |
| sacredLanguage |
Aramaic (in later periods)
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| sacredText |
Deuteronomistic history (in developing form)
NERFINISHED
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Prophetic writings (in developing form) ⓘ Torah (in developing form) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sacredTextTradition | Hebrew Bible / Tanakh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceOf |
biblical prophetic tradition
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psalmic worship tradition ⓘ wisdom traditions later preserved in Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age I
NERFINISHED
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Iron Age II NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian period (in transitional form) ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.