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Judaism
Judaism is an ancient monotheistic religion, with the Torah as its foundational text (part of the larger text known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible), and supplemental oral tradition represented by later texts such as the Midrash and the Talmud.
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Perhaps in his loneliness he had acquired the silent conviction that he was 'the last', the one, the only. And, being the last, he ceased to be Benjamin, becoming Israel. And upon his heart had settled the history of five thousand years, no longer remote, but become as the history of his own lifetime. His "I" was the converse of the imperial "We.
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― A Canticle for Leibowitz
― A Canticle for Leibowitz
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It's not a pretty world, Papa.'
'I've noticed,' my father said softly.
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― My Name Is Asher Lev
― My Name Is Asher Lev
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