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Brief History
Beliefs
Views of Others
Judaism
-Oldest of 3 religions
-Abraham was 1st Jew, made
covenant with God
-Lived in Palestine until Roman
Empire kicked them out in what is
called the Diaspora
-Founding of Israel in 1948
-One God
-Jewish law found in Talmud
-Torah is holy book
-Special place for Moses
-Actions more important than
dogma
Christianity
-offshoot of Judaism
-early Christians persecuted until
Constantine made it the official
religion of the Holy Roman Empire
-Martin Luther started
Protestantism
Islam
-7 Century AD in Mecca
-developed from Judaism and
Christianity
-It expanded into North Africa,
Byzantine and Sassanian empires
-Jesus is founder and son of God
-Bible is Holy book
-Believe in Heaven and Hell
-Don’t believe Jesus was son of
God nor that Muhammad was
prophet
-don’t believe in teachings of
Islam
-Do not follow Jewish law
-difficult relationships with
Judaism and Islam
-Do not accept Muhammad as
prophet
-Crusades were attempt to take
back Holy Land from Muslims
-Allah (Arabic word for God)
-Qur’an is holy book
-Allah spoke to Muhammad (last
prophet) through the angel
Gabriel
-5 Pillars
-don’t eat pork, don’t drink
alcohol
-Islam sees Judaism and
Christianity as earlier versions of
Islam
-Islam is final, complete, and
correct version
-recognizes Abraham, Moses, and
Jesus (although not as son of God)
-Jews and Christians are protected
in the Qur’an as “peoples of the
book”
-forced conversions aren’t
allowed, Muslims are supposed to
be tolerant of Jews and Christians
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