▁or ▁not ▁the ▁religious ▁principles ▁they ▁follow ▁tradition ally ▁allow ▁for ▁syn cret ism . ▁ ▁Specific ▁relig ions ▁ ▁Abraham ic ▁ ▁Abraham ic ▁relig ions ▁are ▁mon othe istic ▁relig ions ▁which ▁believe ▁they ▁descend ▁from ▁Abraham . ▁ ▁J uda ism ▁ ▁J uda ism ▁is ▁the ▁oldest ▁Abraham ic ▁religion , ▁origin ating ▁in ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁ancient ▁Israel ▁and ▁J ude a . ▁The ▁Tor ah ▁is ▁its ▁found ational ▁text , ▁and ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁larger ▁text ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Tan akh ▁or ▁Heb rew ▁Bible . ▁It ▁is ▁supp lement ed ▁by ▁or al ▁tradition , ▁set ▁down ▁in ▁written ▁form ▁in ▁later ▁texts ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Mid r ash ▁and ▁the ▁Tal m ud . ▁J uda ism ▁includes ▁a ▁wide ▁cor pus ▁of ▁texts , ▁practices , ▁the ological ▁positions , ▁and ▁forms ▁of ▁organization . ▁Within ▁J uda ism ▁there ▁are ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁movements , ▁most ▁of ▁which ▁emer ged ▁from ▁Rab bin ic ▁J uda ism , ▁which ▁holds ▁that ▁God ▁revealed ▁his ▁laws ▁and ▁command ments ▁to ▁Mos es ▁on ▁Mount ▁S ina i ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁both ▁the ▁Writ ten ▁and ▁Or al ▁Tor ah ; ▁histor ically , ▁this ▁assertion ▁was ▁challeng ed ▁by ▁various ▁groups . ▁The ▁Jewish ▁people ▁were ▁scattered ▁after ▁the ▁destruction ▁of ▁the ▁Temple ▁in ▁Jerusalem ▁in ▁ 7 0 ▁CE . ▁Today ▁there ▁are ▁about ▁ 1 3 ▁million ▁Jews , ▁about ▁ 4 0 ▁per ▁cent ▁living ▁in ▁Israel ▁and