Quote: "The Abrahamic religions are a group of religions centered around the worship of the God of Abraham."
The study of religions originating in Western cultures, such as Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
Abrahamic religions: The three major monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, all of which trace their spiritual lineage to Abraham.
Judaism: The oldest of the Abrahamic religions, it is based on a belief in one God and the Hebrew Bible.
Christianity: A monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament.
Islam: A monotheistic religion founded by the prophet Muhammad whose primary religious text is the Quran.
The Bible: A collection of sacred texts central to Christian and Jewish belief, consisting of the Old Testament and the New Testament.
The Quran: The central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God to Muhammad.
The Ten Commandments: A set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship in Judaism and Christianity.
The Trinity: A doctrine central to Christian belief that there is one God in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
The Five Pillars of Islam: The five basic acts of worship that are mandatory for Muslims.
The Torah: The central reference of Judaism; it is the primary source of Jewish law and contains the 613 commandments.
The Talmud: A central text of Judaism that contains the discussions of Jewish law and tradition by rabbis.
The New Testament: The second part of the Christian Bible, which contains the four Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, Epistles, and Revelation.
The Old Testament: The first part of the Christian Bible, which contains the books of the Hebrew Bible.
Dead Sea Scrolls: A collection of Jewish texts written between 200 BCE and 70 CE, discovered between 1947 and 1956.
The Apocrypha: A collection of Jewish and Christian texts not included in the official canon of scripture.
The Reformation: A movement in the 16th century within Western Christianity that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the establishment of Protestantism.
Quote: "Jewish tradition claims that the Twelve Tribes of Israel are descended from Abraham through his son Isaac and grandson Jacob..."
Quote: "Abraham, a Hebrew patriarch, is extensively mentioned throughout the Abrahamic religious scriptures of the Quran, and the Hebrew and Christian Bibles."
Quote: "In its early stages, the Israelite religion was derived from the Canaanite religions of the Bronze Age; by the Iron Age, it had become distinct from other Canaanite religions..."
Quote: "The monolatrist nature of Yahwism was further developed in the period following the Babylonian captivity, eventually emerging as a firm religious movement of monotheism."
Quote: "In the 1st century CE, Christianity emerged as a splinter movement out of Judaism in the Land of Israel..."
Quote: "It spread widely after it was adopted by the Roman Empire as a state religion in the 4th century CE."
Quote: "In the 7th century CE, Islam was founded by Muhammad in the Arabian Peninsula..."
Quote: "It spread widely through the early Muslim conquests, shortly after his death."
Quote: "Alongside the Indian religions, the Iranian religions, and the East Asian religions, the Abrahamic religions make up the largest major division in comparative religion."
Quote: "By total number of adherents, Christianity and Islam comprise the largest and second-largest religious movements in the world, respectively."
Quote: "Abrahamic religions with fewer adherents include Judaism, the Baháʼí Faith, Druzism, Samaritanism, and Rastafari."
Quote: "Abraham, a Hebrew patriarch, is extensively mentioned throughout the Abrahamic religious scriptures of the Quran, and the Hebrew and Christian Bibles."
Quote: "In the 1st century CE, Christianity emerged as a splinter movement out of Judaism in the Land of Israel..."
Quote: "It spread widely through the early Muslim conquests, shortly after his death."
Quote: "Islamic tradition claims that twelve Arab tribes known as the Ishmaelites are descended from Abraham through his son Ishmael in the Arabian Peninsula."
Quote: "By the Iron Age, it had become distinct from other Canaanite religions as it shed polytheism for monolatry."
Quote: "It spread widely after it was adopted by the Roman Empire as a state religion in the 4th century CE."
Quote: "By total number of adherents, Christianity and Islam comprise the largest and second-largest religious movements in the world, respectively."
Quote: "In the 1st century CE, Christianity emerged as a splinter movement out of Judaism in the Land of Israel."