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COMPARISON OF JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY & ISLAM
ABRAHAMIC RELIGIONS
DATE AND PLACE FOUNDED
• Judaism—approx. 1300 B.C. in Palestine
• Christianity—approx. 33 A.D. in Palestine
• Islam—622 A.D. in Saudi Arabia
Founders & early leaders
• Judaism—Abraham & Moses
• Christianity—Jesus Christ
• Islam--Muhammad
Followers are called…
• Judaism—Jews
• Christianity—Christians
• Islam—Muslims, Islamists
Clergy called…
• Judaism—rabbis
• Christianity—bishop, pastor, preacher, minister, priest, pope, archbishop…
• Islam--imams
House of worship/day of worship
• Judaism—synagogue or temple/Saturday
• Christianity—church, cathedral, chapel/ Sunday
• Islam—mosque/Friday
Original language/Names for God
• Judaism– Hebrew/Yahweh, Elohim
• Christianity—Hebrew, English, Greek, Latin…/God, the Trinity
• Islam--/ArabicAllah
Sacred Texts (holy books)
• Judaism—Torah…Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)
• Christianity—Old and New Testament
• Islam– Qur’an (Koran)
Type of theism
• All three are MONOTHESITHIC…meaning a belief in one god.
Judaism—one GodChristianity—Trinity (God, the father, God, the
Son, & God the Holy Spirit)Islam—one God
Symbols
• Judaism—Star of David
• Christianity—cross
• Islam—crescent moon & star w/name of Allah in Arabic
View of Abrahamic Religions
• Judaism—”Islam & Christianity are false interpretations & extensions of Judaism.”
• Christianity—”Judaism is a true religion, but with incomplete revelation. Islam is a false religion.
• Islam—”Jews & Christians are respected as fellow believers, but with wrong beliefs & only partial revelation.
Women’s roles
• Judaism—strong within the family, responsible for keeping traditions, but no roles within the religious community.
• Christianity—can be religious leaders• Islam—strict roles within the family,
responsible for keeping traditions, rearing of children, absolute no roles within the religious community
Identity/Death/Resurrection of Jesus
• Judaism—false prophet/death by Crucifixion/denied
• Christianity—Son of God/the Messiah, Savior/death by Crucifixion/Affirmed
• Islam—prophet of God/did not die, but ascended into heaven/denied; since he did not die
Afterlife
• Judaism—eternal heaven or no afterlife/eternal hell or no afterlife
• Christianity—eternal heaven/eternal hell
• Islam—eternal paradise (heaven)/eternal hell
Jerusalem…
• All three considered Jerusalem a sacred city.
Locations & followers world wide TODAY
• Judaism—Europe, Israel, North America– 14 million (ranks 12th)
• Christianity—Europe, Israel, N & S America2 billion (ranks 1st)
• Islam—Africa, Middle East, & SE Asia 1.3 billion (ranks 2nd)
IN the USA…
• Judaism—5.6 million
• Christianity—159 million
• Islam—1.1 million