Karaite Jews

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Jewish ethnic group Jewish religious movement

Karaite Jews are a Jewish religious and ethnic community that recognizes only the Hebrew Bible as authoritative scripture, rejecting the Oral Torah and rabbinic tradition.

Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Karaite Judaism 12
Karaite Jewish community 2
Crimean Karaites 1
Egyptian Karaites 1
Karaim 1
Karaism 1
Lithuanian Karaites 1
Polish Karaites 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish ethnic group ⓘ
Jewish religious movement ⓘ
coreBelief individual responsibility to study scripture ⓘ
rejection of binding rabbinic halakha ⓘ
supremacy of written Torah ⓘ
differsFrom Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
doesNotObserve post-biblical rabbinic festivals as religiously binding ⓘ
emergedInCentury 8th century ⓘ
emergedInRegion Iraq ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
surface form: Land of Israel
ethnicSubgroup Karaite Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Crimean Karaites

Karaite Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian Karaites

Karaite Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lithuanian Karaites

Karaite Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Polish Karaites
followsCalendar biblical lunar-solar calendar ⓘ
hasSynagogueType Karaite synagogue ⓘ
majorCommunityIn Crimea ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
observesHoliday Passover ⓘ
Rosh Hashanah ⓘ
Shavuot ⓘ
Sukkot ⓘ
Yom Kippur ⓘ
biblical festivals only ⓘ
originatedIn Middle East ⓘ
prayerLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
recognizesAsAuthoritativeScripture Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
rejects Mishnah ⓘ
Mishnah ⓘ
surface form: Oral Torah

Rabbinic tradition ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ
religion Karaite Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Karaite Judaism
religiousCenter Ashdod ⓘ
Ramla ⓘ
religiousLawBasedOn independent interpretation of Tanakh ⓘ
peshat (plain meaning) of scripture ⓘ
scripture Ketuvim ⓘ
Neviim ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
Torah ⓘ
selfIdentification Bnei Mikra ⓘ
usesLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Karaite Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Karaim

Russian ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Karaite Judaism
Rabbinic Judaism → contrastsWith → Karaite Jews ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karaite Judaism
Karaite Jews → ethnicSubgroup → Karaite Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian Karaites
Karaite Jews → ethnicSubgroup → Karaite Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean Karaites
Karaite Jews → ethnicSubgroup → Karaite Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lithuanian Karaites
Karaite Jews → ethnicSubgroup → Karaite Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish Karaites
Palestinian Jews → followed → Karaite Jews ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karaite Judaism
Judaism → hasDenomination → Karaite Jews ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karaite Judaism
Jews → hasEthnicSubdivision → Karaite Jews ⓘ
Palestinian Jews → hasPart → Karaite Jews ⓘ
Ashdod → hasSignificantCommunity → Karaite Jews ⓘ
Ashdod → isReligiousCenterFor → Karaite Jews ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karaite Judaism
Saadia Gaon → opposed → Karaite Jews ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karaite Judaism
this entity surface form: Karaite Judaism
Ramla → populationGroup → Karaite Jews ⓘ
Bnei Mikra → refersTo → Karaite Jews ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karaite Jewish community
Bnei Mikra → relatedMovement → Karaite Jews ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karaism
Karaite Jews → religion → Karaite Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karaite Judaism
Karaite kenesa complex → religion → Karaite Jews ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karaite Judaism
Ramla → religiousCommunityPresent → Karaite Jews ⓘ
Bnei Mikra → religiousTradition → Karaite Jews ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karaite Judaism
Tanakh → religiousTradition → Karaite Jews ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karaite Judaism
Bnei Mikra → selfDesignationOf → Karaite Jews ⓘ
Bnei Mikra → usedBy → Karaite Jews ⓘ
Karaite kenesa complex → usedBy → Karaite Jews ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karaite Jewish community
Adar I → usedByCommunity → Karaite Jews ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karaite Judaism
Karaite Jews → usesLanguage → Karaite Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karaim