The document discusses the origins and key beliefs of the three major monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
It notes that Judaism's holy text is the Tanakh, Christianity's is the Bible which includes the New Testament, and Islam's is the Quran. It describes some of the internal differences that have led to denominations within each religion, such as Orthodox vs Reform Judaism, and Sunni vs Shi'a Islam.
While the religions share some similarities, such as beliefs about Jesus and views of Abraham, they differ significantly in their understanding of central religious figures like Jesus, and in their theological concepts such as the Christian Trinity versus Islamic strict monotheism. Overall
The document discusses the origins and key beliefs of the three major monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
It notes that Judaism's holy text is the Tanakh, Christianity's is the Bible which includes the New Testament, and Islam's is the Quran. It describes some of the internal differences that have led to denominations within each religion, such as Orthodox vs Reform Judaism, and Sunni vs Shi'a Islam.
While the religions share some similarities, such as beliefs about Jesus and views of Abraham, they differ significantly in their understanding of central religious figures like Jesus, and in their theological concepts such as the Christian Trinity versus Islamic strict monotheism. Overall
The document discusses the origins and key beliefs of the three major monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
It notes that Judaism's holy text is the Tanakh, Christianity's is the Bible which includes the New Testament, and Islam's is the Quran. It describes some of the internal differences that have led to denominations within each religion, such as Orthodox vs Reform Judaism, and Sunni vs Shi'a Islam.
While the religions share some similarities, such as beliefs about Jesus and views of Abraham, they differ significantly in their understanding of central religious figures like Jesus, and in their theological concepts such as the Christian Trinity versus Islamic strict monotheism. Overall
The document discusses the origins and key beliefs of the three major monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
It notes that Judaism's holy text is the Tanakh, Christianity's is the Bible which includes the New Testament, and Islam's is the Quran. It describes some of the internal differences that have led to denominations within each religion, such as Orthodox vs Reform Judaism, and Sunni vs Shi'a Islam.
While the religions share some similarities, such as beliefs about Jesus and views of Abraham, they differ significantly in their understanding of central religious figures like Jesus, and in their theological concepts such as the Christian Trinity versus Islamic strict monotheism. Overall
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02 Monotheistic Religion STEP 1 The Holy Land Israel, Eretz Yisrael, is known as the homeland of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim people. It is a fact of life which should no longer be denied nor ignored. It is considered the holiest place on earth and everyone is accepted.
The Holy Books
The Tanakh, also known as the Hebrew Bible. The word ‘Tanakh’ is an acronym of the first Hebrew letter of each of the Bible’s subdivisions: Torah, Nevi’im, and Ketuvim. It is not known exactly when the book was actually completed, but probably around our epoch era in time.
The stories about Jesus was written around late AD. They are the four gospels, which tell of Jesus’ life; the Acts of the Apostles, about what happened after he died, and the journeys of the Apostle Paul; the letters of the Apostles; and the book of Revelation. It’s called the New Testament. It is the foundation of the religion and has been of great importance to the development of Western culture.
The history of Islam begins around the 600derds of CE, when Muhammad received his revelation. This and the next revelations were written down in one book, the Quran. The final version came into light relatively quickly, around twenty years after the death of him. According to the Islamic tradition the Quran means God. Beside the Quran there are a lot of stories about the sayings and actions of Muhammad.
Internal Differences Moses had different movements within faith exist because of the different interpretations of the text. Orthodox and Hasidic Jews have different beliefs on how one should act. While the Reform Judaism movement states that the faith should be changing. Jesus’s denominations, like baptists, presbyterians, and methodists, exist because of the Bible. Most denominations have their own practices and doctrines. Muhammad when there are two major groups in Islam, Sunni and Shi’a Islam. Their main difference is who they believe shall be leading the Islamic community
Similarities Christians believe Jesus is God's son and was crucified for that reason. In Islam, Jesus is a religious prophet who cannot be dismissed and to be respected, but not worshiped. Muslims believe Jesus was raised to Heaven by God. To Jews, Jesus is a character belonging to a different religion who may or may not have existed as a real person. In Islam, it was to proclaim the Gospel, which had been corrupted. In Judaism, he is rejected as a messiah so his mission is irrelevant. Christians believe that everyone inherits a sinful nature through our common ancestor. In Judaism and Islam, there is no concept of original sin. Muslims and Jews believe everyone is born sinless but human weakness leads to sin. Atonement is made through prayer, good deeds and repentance. Christians follow The Bible, which was written by many writers throughout the years. Muslims follow the Qu’ran which was supposedly revealed to the prophet Muhammad over the course of about 20 years. Jews follow the Tanakh, which is what the Old Testament was based on and is comprised of the Torah, the Nevi’im and the Ketuvim.
Differences Recognizing other kinds of tradition, we can say that Judaism and Islam differ primarily from Christianity in an understanding of the person of Jesus. For Christians, Jesus is the messiah of the Old Testament promise. Judaism and Islam simply do not recognize the divinity related to him. For this reason, the practices by Judaism and Islam is different from Christianity. Christianity has a Trinitarian understanding of the one true God because of Jesus’ divinity that is not shared by Judaism and Islam. In fact, Islam would describe Christianity as a tri-theist religion, rather than a monotheistic religion. As was indicated last month, it is important to prepare for danger of being too presumptive, simplistic or authoritative when attempting to speak about a faith tradition that is not one’s own. Consequently, we mention only a few basic differences in how these three religions interpret Old Testament texts. Though all three hold some views of the ancestor Abraham in common, they also interpret texts about him differently. For example, in Gen 12:1-3, God promises Abraham that he will be “a great nation,” “a blessing” and that “in him all the families of the earth will be blessed.” The Jewish understanding of the passage is that the “blessing” will be accomplished through Abraham’s descendants, the Jews. For Christians, Jesus and all who believe in him also are descendants of Abraham. And Islam interprets this passage to mean that God makes Abraham an imam, or a leader of humanity, and that the “blessing” comes through Abraham himself.
STEP 2
I believe they are more different than similar. Even though they were mostly created from Judaism, they have diverged enough for them to be their own separate thing.
