Was Judaism the first ‘holy book’ based religion?

What is your definition of a ‘holy book’ based religion? do compare it to older religions that existed in a time before written language was even in it is infancy? you know, these older religions had dogma, traditions and customs just like the ‘holy book’ based religions, but these older religions had no written textual basis, it was all passed on orally like the illiterate Greek poets of legend.

Actually, yes. Judaism was the religion that introductory instituted the 'holy book'. it started out as the Torah, which God gave to Moses, and then was added to with prophets and other writings. The Old Testament was in the first place called the TaNaK.

India was the source of the Upanishads , the Vedas, and the Sutras, for Hinduism. and Eastern religions in general preceded western ones. but Judaism was right up there on the starting gate, just no first. First with a Monotheism, probably.

Judaism was based on Abraham's kinship with God 1000 years before moses wrote the original 5 books

The Avesta of Zoroastrianism