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List of converts to Judaism

April 13, 2024

This article lists nations, groups or tribes, as well as notable individuals, who have converted to Judaism. This article does not differentiate between the different branches of Judaism. See also Who is a Jew? on issues related to the acceptance of conversions throughout the Jewish community.

A number of prominent celebrities, such as Madonna, Demi Moore, and Ariana Grande have become followers of a "new age" version of Kabbalah (see Kabbalah Centre), derived from the body of Jewish mystical teaching also called Kabbalah, but do not consider themselves – and are not considered – Jewish.[1]

Converted nations, groups or tribes edit

Converted nations, groups or tribes from non-Abrahamic religions edit

Converted nations, groups or tribes from Christianity edit

Converted individuals edit

From Christianity edit

Former Christian clergy or theologians edit

Other Christians who converted to Judaism edit

 
Sammy Davis Jr., entertainer who converted while recovering from an automobile accident
 
Marilyn Monroe
 
Elizabeth Taylor
 
Andre Tippett
 
Nikki Ziering

Not from Christianity edit

From atheism and/or agnosticism edit

From Black Hebrew Israelitism edit

From Islam edit

From other Middle Eastern religions edit

  • Avtalyon, Sage and vice-president of the Sanhedrin, apparently from a Mideastern religion[121]
  • Sh'maya, Sage and President of the Sanhedrin, apparently from a Mideastern religion[122]

From Greco-Roman religion edit

From Samaritanism edit

  • Sofi Tsedaka, Israeli actress, singer, television presenter and politician

From Shinto edit

  • Setzuso Kotsuji, son of a Shinto priest, and a professor in Japan (converted from Shinto to Christianity and then from Christianity to Judaism)

From Hinduism edit

From Buddhism edit

  • Angela Warnick Buchdahl, American Reform Jewish Rabbi, converted to Orthodox Judaism at age 21. She was not raised within the Buddhist faith; however, her mother is Buddhist so by Orthodox Jewish law she was not considered Jewish, but she was raised Jewish and so by Reform Jewish law she has always been Jewish.
  • Samson Lowy converted to Orthodox Judaism at age 19. He was not raised within the Buddhist faith, but a convert from the Church of the East. Formerly a rabid antisemite, Samson has become a staunch defender of Human Rights and the State of Israel.

List of conversions named in the Bible edit

Undetermined former religion edit

Converts who later left the faith edit

  • Cristian Castro, Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop singer[50] (reverted to Roman Catholicism after divorcing his Jewish wife) [134]
  • Bob Denard, French soldier and mercenary. Converted from Catholicism to Judaism, then from Judaism to Islam, then from Islam to Catholicism[135]
  • Polemon II, king of Cilicia, converted to marry the Jewish princess Berenice; later relapsed[136]

See also edit

References edit

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This article lists nations groups or tribes as well as notable individuals who have converted to Judaism This article does not differentiate between the different branches of Judaism See also Who is a Jew on issues related to the acceptance of conversions throughout the Jewish community A number of prominent celebrities such as Madonna Demi Moore and Ariana Grande have become followers of a new age version of Kabbalah see Kabbalah Centre derived from the body of Jewish mystical teaching also called Kabbalah but do not consider themselves and are not considered Jewish 1 Contents 1 Converted nations groups or tribes 1 1 Converted nations groups or tribes from non Abrahamic religions 1 2 Converted nations groups or tribes from Christianity 2 Converted individuals 2 1 From Christianity 2 1 1 Former Christian clergy or theologians 2 1 2 Other Christians who converted to Judaism 2 2 Not from Christianity 2 2 1 From atheism and or agnosticism 2 2 2 From Black Hebrew Israelitism 2 2 3 From Islam 2 2 4 From other Middle Eastern religions 2 2 5 From Greco Roman religion 2 2 6 From Samaritanism 2 2 7 From Shinto 2 2 8 From Hinduism 2 2 9 From Buddhism 2 2 10 List of conversions named in the Bible 2 3 Undetermined former religion 2 4 Converts who later left the faith 3 See also 4 References 5 External links 6 BibliographyConverted nations groups or tribes editConverted nations groups or tribes from non Abrahamic religions edit Conversions throughout the Babylonian Persian Hellenistic and Roman Empire periods 2 3 4 5 actual numbers and extent of proselytization disputed 6 7 8 See the article on Proselyte a term which originally referred specifically to Hellenistic converts to Judaism 9 10 Idumeans disputed 11 12 Edom 2nd century BCE conquered and converted by John Hyrcanus 13 14 15 Ituraeans disputed 16 Lebanon and Syria 2nd century BCE who according to Josephus were conquered and converted by Aristobulus I 15 17 18 19 Adiabene northern Iraq 1st century Helena queen of Adiabene from traditional Greek religion 20 Izates bar Monobaz king of Adiabene from a Persian or Mideastern religion 20 Symacho wife of Izates bar Monobaz from a Persian or Mideastern religion 21 Monobaz II king of Adiabene from a Persian or Mideastern religion 20 Khazars disputed 22 23 24 a semi nomadic Turkic people from Central Asia historical Khazaria many of whom converted to Judaism en masse in the 8th and 9th centuries CE from a Khazar religion 25 26 Bulan king of the Khazars from a traditional Khazar religion 27 28 Crimean Karaites and Krymchaks are also Turkic peoples which underwent conversion 29 Samaw al ibn Adiya and his clan Himyarite Kingdom Yemen 6th century Tub a Abu Kariba As ad from Arabian religion Himyarite king of Yemen ruled Yemen 390 420 CE Dhu Nuwas king of Yemen from a Mideastern religion 30 Kingdom of Semien Ethiopia 4th century Multiple Berber tribes noted by Ibn Khaldun including the Jarawa and possibly the warrior queen Kahina and her tribe northwest Africa 7th century disputed Banu Qurayza and Banu Nadir Arab Tribes who converted to Judaism when Jews arrived in Hijaz after Second Jewish Roman Wars Arab tribes were interested in Judaism which was brought by Jews Later they adopted and claimed to be Israelites They were Arabian origins still believed sons of god concept from indigenous polytheistic beliefs Converted nations groups or tribes from Christianity edit Abayudaya 31 Bnei Menashe 32 Bene Ephraim claim to be Jews who converted to Christianity then converted back to Judaism 33 B nai Moshe Inca Jews 34 Falash Mura San Nicandro Jews 35 Subbotniks Veracruz Jews 36 Converted individuals editFrom Christianity edit Former Christian clergy or theologians edit Robert de Reddinge converted c 1275 Abba Sabra fifteenth century Ethiopian Orthodox monk who joined the Beta Israel Ethiopian Jewish community He converted his pupil prince Abba Saga to Judaism and introduced monasticism to Ethiopian Jewry Nicolas Antoine former Protestant theologian William G Dever Biblical archaeologist and former Evangelical minister who became a world renowned Old Testament scholar and converted to Reform Judaism although he says he no longer believes in God 37 Geza Vermes world renowned historical Jesus research scholar Hebraist and historian of religion best known for being an eminent translator of the Dead Sea Scrolls 38 39 a former Roman Catholic priest of Jewish descent he rediscovered his Jewish roots abandoned Christianity and converted to Liberal Judaism 38 39 Ahuva Gray former Protestant minister Asher Wade former Methodist minister Ole Brunell converted with his family to Orthodox Judaism moved to Israel and changed his name to Shlomo Brunell former Lutheran minister 40 41 Other Christians who converted to Judaism edit nbsp Sammy Davis Jr entertainer who converted while recovering from an automobile accident nbsp Marilyn Monroe nbsp Elizabeth Taylor nbsp Andre Tippett nbsp Nikki ZieringAbba Saga Ethiopian prince and son of emperor Zara Yaqob who persecuted Jews He converted with his teacher Abba Sabra a former Ethiopian Orthodox monk Abraham ben Abraham convert from the Potocki family the famed Ger Tzedek Abraham of Augsburg John Adler American politician Aluizio Abranches Brazilian filmmaker Anouk Aimee French actress Amar e Stoudemire American and Israeli basketball player Aquila of Sinope Bible translator 42 Art Aragon Mexican American boxer Curtis Armstrong American actor Tom Arnold American actor 43 Rafael Cansinos Assens Spanish poet essayist literary critic and translator Moses ben Avraham Avinu Carroll Baker American actress Anne Beatts American comedy writer Antonia Bennett American singer Polly Bergen American actress and singer Nissim Black rapper Darrell Blocker The Spy Whisperer CIA agent converted to conservative Judaism in 2017 44 Dany Boon French comedian 45 Elizabeth Brewster Canadian poet 46 May Britt actress 47 Geraldine Brooks Pulitzer Prize winning Australian American journalist and author Campbell Brown American television news reporter Baptist Roman Catholic Ken Burgess British musician Anne Buydens German American producer wife of Kirk Douglas Yisrael Campbell comedian lapsed Roman Catholic Kate Capshaw actress ex Methodist 48 Nell Carter singer and actress 49 Marvin Casey Israeli American hip hop dancer choreographer dance instructor and actor Cristian Castro Grammy Award nominated Mexican pop singer 50 Mr Catra Brazilian funk singer and actor Elizabeth Jane Caulfield linguist and musician Catherine Coulson actress Warder Cresson politician Jim Croce singer songwriter 51 William Holmes Crosby Jr physician considered one of the founders of modern hematology Sammy Davis Jr entertainer 52 Zooey Deschanel actress singer entrepreneur Natalie Dessay French soprano Jacqueline du Pre cellist 53 Stephen J Dubner American journalist author and podcast host 54 55 Dubrovin Stanislav Patricia Duff political activist and United States Democratic Party fundraiser Miss Elizabeth also known as Elizabeth Ann Hulette U S professional wrestling manager Hank Eng Chinese American politician 56 Carlos Escude Argentine political scientist and author Rachel Factor American Orthodox Jewish singer actress and dancer Nachman Fahrner contemporary Jewish singer Louis Ferrante American mobster Kate Fischer Australian American former model and actress Ada Fisher American physician and political candidate Isla Fisher model and actress 57 ex Methodist Mike Flanagan Irish Israeli soldier Luke Ford journalist 58 Maureen Forrester Canadian opera singer Erin Foster American writer performer and entrepreneur Paula Fredriksen former Catholic historian of religion 59 Aaron Freeman journalist and comedian lapsed Roman Catholic 60 Maja Ruth Frenkel Croatian entrepreneur Capers Funnye ex Methodist rabbi Steve Furness American football player Natan Gamedze former Protestant linguist and a Swazi royal now a black Haredi rabbi 61 62 Scott Glenn American actor Albert Goldsmid British officer Founder of the Jewish Lads Brigade and the Maccabaeans Lord George Gordon nobleman and politician 63 Reuben Greenberg police chief of Charleston South Carolina 64 Lars Gustafsson Swedish professor of philosophy at the University of Texas 65 Daryl Hall American musician Mary Hart born 1950 American television personality long time host of the entertainment program Entertainment Tonight 66 Morris Hatalsky American professional golfer Anthony Heald American actor Henry Hill American mobster Carolivia Herron writer of children s and adult literature 67 Monica Horan actress 68 Joel Horlen American baseball player 69 70 James Newton Howard composer conductor and record producer Martha Hyer actress Jenna Jameson adult entertainer and entrepreneur Carolyn Jones actress 68 71 Thomas Jones lapsed Roman Catholic Y Love a k a Yitz Jordan musician 72 Jon Juaristi Spanish writer 73 Skip Jutze American major league baseball player Semei Kakungulu Walter Kaufmann German American philosopher translator and poet Carol Kaye American musician Felicity Kendal British actress 74 Cameron Kerry politician brother of John Kerry lapsed Roman Catholic 75 Jamaica Kincaid author 76 John King American television journalist lapsed Roman Catholic Karlie Kloss model Fumiko Kometani Japanese author and painter Mathilde Krim Ph D founding Chairman of amfAR association for AIDS research Anthony Lake American diplomat political figure and academic Frida Laski British suffragist birth control advocate and eugenicist Nahida Lazarus German author essayist scholar and literary critic Natasha Leggero American actress and comedian John Lehr American film and television actor and comedian Julius Lester son of a Methodist minister and a children s author ex Methodist 77 Joan Lunden American journalist author and television host Ernst von Manstein army officer and teacher Elliott Maddox American former Major League Baseball player 78 Richard Marceau Canadian politician Sam McCullum born 1952 NFL football wide receiver Charles McDew 1938 2018 African American activist of the Civil Rights Movement Anne Meara 1929 2015 American comedian and actress partner and wife of Jerry Stiller lapsed Roman Catholic 79 Adah Isaacs Menken stage actress 80 LaVon Mercer born 1959 American Israeli basketball player Anastassia Michaeli Russian born former member of the Israeli Knesset Javier Milei Benjamin Millepied French dancer and choreographer Marilyn Monroe actress ex Christian 81 Santa Montefiore novelist 82 Tommy Mottola American record producer Francoise Mouly French artist designer and art editor of The New Yorker Jeff Newman American Major League Baseball catcher Bob Nystrom Canadian former NHL player 83 Arieh O Sullivan American born Israeli journalist Eleanor Parker American actress Lorna Patterson American film stage and television actress Andrew Percy British politician Alison Pick Canadian novelist and poet Rebecca Pidgeon Scottish American actress singer and songwriter Bob Plager Canadian retired professional NHL ice hockey defenceman Moses Prado professor of the classic languages at the University of Marburg Roger Rees actor Reuel Abraham German pilot in Hitler s army then became a Jew and citizen of Israel 84 Mandy Rice Davies British model and showgirl Michael Ross Canadian intelligence expert former Mossad officer Mary Doria Russell American author lapsed Roman Catholic 85 Jackie Sandler American actress Barbel Schafer German television presenter and talk show host 86 Mary Schaps Israeli American mathematical scholar Laura Schlessinger American radio personality 68 Norma Shearer American actress Joseph J Sherman businessman 87 88 89 Cate Shortland Australian director Shyne Belizean American rapper 90 Karol Sidon Czech Orthodox rabbi writer and playwright Daniel Silva American author of thriller and espionage novels 91 Chris Smith American Israeli basketball player 92 Willie the Lion Smith American pianist and composer Robin Spark Scottish artist 93 94 June Squibb American actress Kim Stanley American actress 95 Venetia Stanley socialite 96 Joseph Abraham Steblicki lapsed Roman Catholic Margo Stilley American film actress 97 Annette Taddeo businesswoman and politician Elizabeth Taylor actress ex Christian Scientist 98 Karen Tintori American author of fiction and nonfiction lapsed Roman Catholic Andre Bernard Tippett American Hall of Fame former football linebacker for the New England Patriots ex Baptist 99 Jacob Tirado ca 1540 1620 co founder of the Sephardic community of Amsterdam Ivanka Trump businesswoman former first daughter raised Presbyterian 100 Bob Tufts 1955 2019 American former Major League Baseball pitcher Ike Turner American musician bandleader talent scout and record producer son of a Baptist minister Jeff Tweedy American musician Michael W Twitty American writer culinary historian and educator Alex Tyus American Israeli professional basketball player Chris Van Allsburg children s writer 101 Conrad Veidt German actor 68 Jackie Wilson American soul singer Mare Winningham actress singer lapsed Roman Catholic 102 Katarzyna Weiglowa Polish martyr Steve Yeager American baseball player 78 Nikki Ziering model 103 Not from Christianity edit From atheism and or agnosticism edit Christian B Anfinsen Nobel prize winning chemist Orthodox Judaism 104 David P Goldman Spengler columnist and former member of the LaRouche movement who embraced Judaism in the 1990s 105 Will Herberg social philosopher and sociologist of religion Jewish theologian former atheist and Marxist of Jewish ancestry who was raised atheist 106 Benny Levy philosopher last personal secretary of Jean Paul Sartre 107 Suzy Menkes fashion journalist Hilary Putnam philosopher raised in a Jewish atheist home 108 Mary Doria Russell 109 Anna Silk Canadian actress 110 Mare Winningham actress 111 112 David Wolpe a leading rabbi in Conservative Judaism former atheist 113 114 From Black Hebrew Israelitism edit Eddie Butler Israeli singer converted to Orthodox Judaism Capers FunnyeFrom Islam edit Avraham Sinai Lebanese member of Hezbollah who had an Orthodox conversion and lives as a Haredi Jew in Tsfat 115 Ayman Subah now known as Dor Shachar Palestinian Arab from Khan Yunis Gaza who fled to Israel and converted to Judaism 116 Baruch Mizrahi Palestinian Arab and member of the Irgun 117 Dario Hunter American lawyer rabbi and politician Ibrahim Shaheen and Inshirah Moussa Palestinian man and his Egyptian wife 118 Ibtisam Hamid popularly known as Basma al Kuwaiti Kuwaiti singer and actress 119 Michaela DePrince Sierra Leonean American ballet dancer Nasreen Qadri Arab Israeli singer 120 Nissim Baruch Black born Damian Jamohl Black American rapper and music producer raised Muslim but converted to Christianity before converting to Judaism From other Middle Eastern religions edit Avtalyon Sage and vice president of the Sanhedrin apparently from a Mideastern religion 121 Sh maya Sage and President of the Sanhedrin apparently from a Mideastern religion 122 From Greco Roman religion edit Aquila of Sinope Acylas from traditional Greek religion 123 Paulina Beturia from traditional Roman religion Flavia Domitilla from traditional ancient Roman religion possibly to Jewish Christianity as she is also a Christian saint Titus Flavius Clemens consul great nephew of the Roman Emperor Vespasian from traditional Roman religion possibly to Jewish Christianity as he is also a Christian saint Fulvia wife of Emperor Tiberius close friend Saturninus from traditional Roman religion Onkelos Hebrew scholar and translator from ancient Roman religion 124 From Samaritanism edit Sofi Tsedaka Israeli actress singer television presenter and politicianFrom Shinto edit Setzuso Kotsuji son of a Shinto priest and a professor in Japan converted from Shinto to Christianity and then from Christianity to Judaism From Hinduism edit Sarah Avraham women s world Thai boxing championFrom Buddhism edit Angela Warnick Buchdahl American Reform Jewish Rabbi converted to Orthodox Judaism at age 21 She was not raised within the Buddhist faith however her mother is Buddhist so by Orthodox Jewish law she was not considered Jewish but she was raised Jewish and so by Reform Jewish law she has always been Jewish Samson Lowy converted to Orthodox Judaism at age 19 He was not raised within the Buddhist faith but a convert from the Church of the East Formerly a rabid antisemite Samson has become a staunch defender of Human Rights and the State of Israel List of conversions named in the Bible edit Bithiah from traditional Egyptian religion Darius the Mede from a mideastern religion who admitted that God of Israel is eternal Forever 125 126 Jethro priest of Midian and father in law of Moses 127 from a Mideastern religion Makeda queen of Sheba from a Mideastern or Ethiopian religion 128 Osenath from the ancient Egyptian religion her name relates to Anat Ruth great grandmother of King David from a Near Eastern religion 129 Yael from Canaanite or another Near Eastern religion Zipporah from a Mideastern or northern African religionUndetermined former religion edit According to rabbinic tradition Obadiah the prophet from a Mideastern religion 130 Joseph Banoczi Drew Bundini Brown assistant trainer of former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali Sarah Brown actress 131 Salem Shaloam David Jozsef Eisenhoffer Nachman Fahrner Lenny Kuhr Dutch singer songwriter Martha Nussbaum American philosopher and academic 132 Annamie Paul Canadian activist lawyer and former leader of the Green Party of Canada 133 Helen Reddy Australian American singer and actress Dara Torres Desmond Wilcox Andre WilliamsConverts who later left the faith edit Cristian Castro Grammy Award nominated Mexican pop singer 50 reverted to Roman Catholicism after divorcing his Jewish wife 134 Bob Denard French soldier and mercenary Converted from Catholicism to Judaism then from Judaism to Islam then from Islam to Catholicism 135 Polemon II king of Cilicia converted to marry the Jewish princess Berenice later relapsed 136 See also editList of people by belief List of Jews List of converts to Buddhism List of converts to Christianity List of people who converted to Catholicism List of converts to Hinduism List of converts to Islam List of converts to SikhismReferences edit Goldstein Evan R 8 April 2011 Is Madonna Jewish Wall Street Journal Feldman Louis H 2003 Conversion to Judaism in Classical Antiquity Hebrew Union College Annual 74 Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion 155 ISSN 0360 9049 JSTOR 23509246 Retrieved 2023 07 08 There is reason to believe though the matter is certainly subject to scrutiny and though it is not possible to arrive at anything like a precise figure that there was a great increase in the number of Jews between the time of the Babylonian captivity in 586 b c e and the first century c e If there was such an increase in the number of Jews it may be explained most readily only by assuming a large number of converts to Judaism Considerable doubt surrounds the alleged forced conversion of the Idumaeans at the end of the second century B C E and of the Ituraeans shortly thereafter The statements of Philo and Josephus indicate that the Jews were well disposed toward attracting converts and that indeed they succeeded in doing so This aim is likewise reflected in statements in the New Testament in Strabo Seneca Juvenal and Tacitus as well as in rabbinic literature This does not mean that Judaism was a missionary religion It certainly lacked a central administration and a central bureaucracy capable of carrying on such a mission What it does mean is that there is evidence direct and indirect that there were many converts to Judaism The fact that we know of no tracts aimed specifically at attracting non Jews to Judaism may be explained by the hypothesis that the great majority of people in antiquity were illiterate and that most conversions were apparently obtained through oral persuasion More over expulsions of the Jews from Rome on at least two occasions because of proselyting activities may indicate that some Jews were indeed eager to accept converts The generally very positive attitude of the rabbis toward proselytes would accord with this view We may conjecture that people were attracted to Judaism for various reasons especially economic advantages and the charitable institutions of the Jews Women in particular were attracted Zoossmann Diskin Avshalom 2010 The origin of Eastern European Jews revealed by autosomal sex chromosomal and mtDNA polymorphisms Biology Direct 5 1 Springer Science and Business Media LLC 57 doi 10 1186 1745 6150 5 57 ISSN 1745 6150 PMC 2964539 PMID 20925954 Feldman L H 1993 Proselytism by Jews in the Third Fourth and Fifth Centuries Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian Hellenistic and Roman Period 24 1 Brill 1 58 ISSN 0047 2212 JSTOR 24659643 In sum Judaism in the third fourth and fifth centuries not only showed its vigor through the debates constituting its greatest work since the Bible namely the Talmud but also met the twin challenges of paganism and Christianity by winning more than its share of converts and sympathizers Bartal Israel July 6 2008 Inventing an invention Haaretz Archived from the original on 2009 03 03 Retrieved October 22 2009 My response to Sand s arguments is that no historian of the Jewish national movement has ever really believed that the origins of the Jews are ethnically and biologically pure Sand applies marginal positions to the entire body of Jewish historiography and in doing so denies the existence of the central positions in Jewish historical scholarship No nationalist Jewish historian has ever tried to conceal the well known fact that conversions to Judaism had a major impact on Jewish history in the ancient period and in the early Middle Ages Although the myth of an exile from the Jewish homeland Palestine does exist in popular Israeli culture it is negligible in serious Jewish historical discussions Important groups in the Jewish national movement expressed reservations regarding this myth or denied it completely Goodman Martin 26 February 2010 Secta and natio The Times Literary Supplement Retrieved 2 October 2013 Bird Michael 2004 01 01 The Case of the Proselytizing Pharisees Matthew 23 15 Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 2 2 117 137 doi 10 1177 147686900400200202 ISSN 1745 5197 Goodman M 1992 Jewish proselytizing in the first century The Jews among pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire 53 78 Marcus Ralph 1952 The Sebomenoi in Josephus Jewish Social Studies 14 3 Indiana University Press 247 250 JSTOR 4465081 We know from Pagan Christian and Jewish sources that during the Hellenistic and early Roman periods some Gentiles were so strongly attracted to Judaism that they became converts and undertook to observe Jewish laws and customs in the same manner as did the Jews themselves It is also commonly assumed that there were some Gentiles who did not go so far as to become converts but indicated their belief in monotheism and gave up the worship of Pagan gods How far they went in openly dissociating themselves from Paganism and in associating themselves with Judaism we do not know These Gentile sympathizers are commonly thought to be referred by the terms sebomenoi or phoboumenoi ton theon and metuentes in Greek and Latin sources and yir e shamayim fearers of Heaven i e God fearers in some early Rabbinic passages Stroup C 2020 The Christians Who Became Jews Acts of the Apostles and Ethnicity in the Roman City Synkrisis Yale University Press p 93 ISBN 978 0 300 24789 3 Retrieved 2023 09 20 Levin Yigal October 2020 The Religion of Idumea and Its Relationship to Early Judaism Religions 11 10 From Southern Judah to Idumea to Southern Judea doi 10 3390 rel11100487 ISSN 2077 1444 Doak Brian R 2020 Ancient Israel s Neighbors Oxford University Press p 143 ISBN 978 0 19 069061 8 Some sources such as the first century CE Jewish historian Josephus 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