It's a bit asymmetric, in the sense that Judaism has been around long enough that all kinds of religions have had the opportunity to steal from it,
Judaism has also been around long enough that it has had opportunity to steal from all kinds of religions. A facebook friend posted an article a few weeks ago about some really bog-standard Jewish practice that apparently unquestionably originated in medieval Arabic ritual, borrowed by the medieval Cabbalists in Tzfat and then spread through the Jewish world.
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Date: 2013-06-28 01:08 pm (UTC)Judaism has also been around long enough that it has had opportunity to steal from all kinds of religions. A facebook friend posted an article a few weeks ago about some really bog-standard Jewish practice that apparently unquestionably originated in medieval Arabic ritual, borrowed by the medieval Cabbalists in Tzfat and then spread through the Jewish world.
(Also, ha: http://seekingferret.livejournal.com/92576.html. Not to mention, http://seekingferret.dreamwidth.org/80711.html?thread=221767#cmt221767 )