▁had ▁used ▁the ▁Greek ▁term ▁i ou da ism os , ▁which ▁some ▁translate ▁as ▁J uda ism ▁today , ▁even ▁though ▁he ▁used ▁it ▁as ▁an ▁eth nic ▁term , ▁not ▁one ▁linked ▁to ▁modern ▁abstract ▁concepts ▁of ▁religion ▁as ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁belief s . ▁It ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁that ▁Jews ▁began ▁to ▁see ▁their ▁ancest ral ▁culture ▁as ▁a ▁religion ▁analog ous ▁to ▁Christian ity . ▁The ▁Greek ▁word ▁th res ke ia , ▁which ▁was ▁used ▁by ▁Greek ▁writers ▁such ▁as ▁Her odot us ▁and ▁Joseph us , ▁is ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁Testament . ▁Th res ke ia ▁is ▁sometimes ▁translated ▁as ▁religion ▁in ▁today ' s ▁transl ations , ▁however , ▁the ▁term ▁was ▁understood ▁as ▁worship ▁well ▁into ▁the ▁medieval ▁period . ▁In ▁the ▁Q ur an , ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁word ▁din ▁is ▁often ▁translated ▁as ▁religion ▁in ▁modern ▁transl ations , ▁but ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁mid - 1 6 0 0 s ▁transl ators ▁expressed ▁din ▁as ▁law . ▁ ▁The ▁S ansk rit ▁word ▁d har ma , ▁sometimes ▁translated ▁as ▁religion , ▁also ▁means ▁law . ▁Through out ▁classical ▁South ▁Asia , ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁law ▁consisted ▁of ▁concepts ▁such ▁as ▁pen ance ▁through ▁p iety ▁and ▁cer emon ial ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁practical ▁trad itions . ▁Med ieval ▁Japan ▁at ▁first ▁had ▁a ▁similar ▁union ▁between ▁imperial ▁law ▁and ▁universal ▁or ▁Bud d ha ▁law , ▁but ▁these ▁later ▁became ▁independent ▁sources ▁of ▁power . ▁