Talk:Judaism

I believe describing Judaism as "the world's oldest monotheistic religion" is inaccurate. Akhenaton II converted the official state religion of Egypt from polytheism to a monotheistic cult of the sun god Aton in 1372 BC. The cult was practiced for forty-nine years until King Tut's death in 1323.

Formal Judaism dates to 586 BC, though of course the Hebrews worshiped Yahweh long before that. Their escape from Egyptian slavery, and thus the life of Moses, was 1300 at the earliest.

Judaism is the oldest living major monotheistic faith, and is obviously older than both its daughter faiths. Zoroastrianism may or may not predate it--the earliest estimates for that one's foundation go all the way back to 1400 BC! Turtle Fan 07:14, 18 April 2007 (UTC)