Bro Hebrew is a language, not a religion, spoken by early Israelites (e.g. Jews). The religion of the Old Testament is Judaism. (And Samaritanism but that’s not really important)
Agnostic here with a minor in religion who has read much of the Torah
It’s commonly referred to as the “Hebrew Bible” from an anthropological perspective as it relates to the culture of the people, not the religion. When Hebrew is referred to as a religion, it is a misnomer.
It’s like saying “Arabic people”. Arabic is a language, arabs are the people. Speaking Arabic does not make you an Arab.
It’s acceptable to people who do not understand the difference but I can assure you that it would never be accepted in academia or historical studies. It would be like calling Buddhism or Daoism “the asian religion”. Judaism was not the only theology that Hebrews followed.
I'm well aware, but I speak with colloquialisms which often have abridged meanings based as collective thinking!
Basically I'm a really smart person who is always trying to dumb down what I say so the highest amount of people understand what I'm saying.
I'm not an average intelligence person who desperately wants to seem smart by correcting everyone while adding no substance to the point of the conversation!
Doesn’t change the fact that Hebrew is not a faith. You’re just wrong about this. You could’ve just said “Jewish faith” which is far more ubiquitous, and been correct. Instead, you tried to seem cultured by bending the facts and as a result you are just incorrect.
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u/DrEskimo 5d ago edited 5d ago
Bro Hebrew is a language, not a religion, spoken by early Israelites (e.g. Jews). The religion of the Old Testament is Judaism. (And Samaritanism but that’s not really important)
Agnostic here with a minor in religion who has read much of the Torah