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Where does the name Judaism come from?

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Iudaismus, a Latinized form of the Ancient Greek Ioudaismos
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The term Judaism derives from Iudaismus, a Latinized form of the Ancient Greek Its ultimate source was the Hebrew יהודה, Yehudah, "Judah", which is also the source of the Hebrew term for Judaism: יַהֲדוּת, Yahadut.
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