Monotheistic Religion Elements Matrix

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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...