[Cronos]

technically the Jews aren't an institution, but an ethno-cultural-religious group akin to the Armenians and the Parsis in maintaining their sense of identity by means of retaining a distinct language, religion and by selectively marrying only within the community.

The present-day form of Rabbinical Judaism dates from the 3rd to 5th centuries with the compilation of the Babylonian Talmud (Talmud Bavli) with the Sura Academy and the Pumbeditha -- both close to modern day Baghdad and Fallujah

This is the mainstream as opposed to Karaite Judaism or Samaritanism

[BipolarBob]

“technically the Jews aren’t “. Still straining at gnats and swallowing elephants?