Question

The Tanakh explains the history of Judaism until the 500s BCE. It includes many details that are hard for historians to confirm. In one or two paragraphs, give your opinion on how seriously historians should treat religious texts as they try to understand past events and civilizations. Explain your opinion and support it with examples.

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Judaism (Hebrew: יהדות‎, Yahadut; originally from Hebrew יהודה, Yehudah, "Judah", via Greek Judaismes[6][7][8]) is an ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people.[9][1][10] Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenant that God established with the Children of Israel.[11] It encompasses a wide body of texts, practices, theological positions, and forms of organization. The Torah is part of the larger text known as the Tanakh or the Hebrew Bible, and supplemental oral tradition represented by later texts such as the Midrash and the Talmud. With between 14.5 and 17.4 million adherents worldwide,[12] Judaism is the tenth largest religion in the world.