Karaite Judaism

Denomination·Founded 760 CE

Judaism → Karaite Judaism

Branch

Core Tenets

3 — a sample of the center, never the sum All 3 →
The shared center — held across the tradition
The written Torah alone is binding. No oral law: the Talmud is commentary, not command. Go deeper — context →
Search the scripture well — each reader is responsible. Anan's charge: rely not on my opinion. Interpretation is every Jew's own duty. Go deeper — context →
The calendar follows the visible moon. Months begin at the sighted crescent, as the text — not the computed calendar — directs. Go deeper — context →

Cosmos & Afterlife

how reality is built, and what follows death
After death

The world to come

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