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MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION ELEMENTS MATRIX
Week IV
Franklin Castillo
REL 134 world religious Traditions II
Benjamin Hoffiz, Ph.D
| |JUDIaSM |CHRISTIANITY |ISLAM |
|COUNTRIES | | |Islam began in Arabia and was |
| |THE JEWISH RELIGION VIEWS ABRAHAM |Christianity began as a Jewish sect in|revealed to humanity by the Prophet |
| |AS IT FATHER, THEREFORE THE ORIGIN|the eastern Mediterranean in the |Muhammad. Those who follow Islam are |
| |COULD BE BEFORE JESUS. SINCE THAT |mid-1st century. Its earliest |called Muslims. Islam is mainly |
| |IS WHERE HE CAME FROM. ULTIMATELY |development took place under the |followed in the Middle East, Asia, |
| |THE JEWS WERE GIVEN WHAT IS NOW |leadership of the Twelve Apostles, |and the north of Africa. |
| |KNOWN AS ISRAEL, AS A "PROMISED |particularly Saint Peter and Paul the | |
| |LAND" IN THE BIBLE. SO THAT COULD |Apostle, followed by the early | |
| |ALSO BE CONSIDERED THE ORIGIN. |bishops, whom Christians considered | |
| | |the successors of the Apostles. | |
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|HISTORICAL FIGURES |Abraham, Isaac, Jacob...