History of Karaite Judaism

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Scripture without the Talmud.

The Jewish movement that rejected rabbinic authority: the written Torah alone binds, read by each Jew with their own eyes. It flourished from Baghdad to Crimea in the Middle Ages and survives today, mostly in Israel.

The founding

Its founding is bound to Anan ben David (forerunner) — 760 CE.

What it holds

The divine. One God.

Death and after. The world to come.

The line

descent is public here — where it came from, what left it

Judaism — c. 1000 BCE Karaite Judaism — 760 CE

Keep going

Back to the overview — the living page: elements, discussion, the web The Belief room — the claims themselves, with sources and context Branch Karaite Judaism — inherit everything, change what you must