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Etymology edit

Compound of spät (late) +‎ Judentum (Judaism).

Proper noun edit

Spätjudentum n (proper noun, strong, genitive Spätjudentums)

  1. Early Judaism (ca. 200 BCE–200 C.E.)

Usage notes edit

Now somewhat dated and considered inaccurate in scholarship because the term implies bias against Judaism.