Judaism worships One God but can show that worship in various ways. Today modern Israel is a secular state with an official faith, Orthodox Judaism. Judaism has other branches including Ultra-Orthodox, which despite living in separatist communities within the Land barely admits to its existence in some cases. Even in Jesus’ time there were groups within Israel that looked to interpret the Scriptures from several perspectives. The Samaritans and Sadducees recognized only the Torah as ordained Scripture. The Pharisees and Essenes observed the Torah and commentaries, The Herodians were more casual and adopted many Greek and Roman social conventions and still maintained their status within their Jewish roots. The Zealots were extreme activists and literally the assassins of those who they viewed as traitors and pawns of the Romans.
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