Comparing Islam, Judaism, And Christianity
Talha Javed
Professor Coughlin
Brigitta Schuchert
Essay 3
Islam, Judaism, and Christianity all share a belief in one God.
The three religions of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity are considered to be very similar in practices and ideas. Christianity and Islam along with Judaism are referred to as Abrahamic religions. This is because all three of these religions revere Abraham and believe he was a major prophet in their respected religions. The biggest relation between the three is, however, is monotheism, the belief in only one god.
Judaism, the earliest monotheistic religion, is about the personal God who revealed himself through the story of the Jewish people. Judaism was formed around 2000 BCE, as a religion based on a covenant between …show more content…
Jewish tradition teaches that the true aspect of God is incomprehensible and unknowable, and that it is only God 's revealed aspect that brought the universe into existence, and interacts with mankind and the world. In Judaism, the one God of Israel is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who is the guide of the world. God delivered Israel from slavery in Egypt, and gave them the 613 Mitzvoth and commandments at Mount Sinai as described in the Torah. Even when Moses returned with the Ten Commandments, the second of those affirmed the existence and singularity of God. It stated that "I the LORD am your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage: You shall have no other gods beside Me" (Exodus 20:3) (Novak: 187). Thus, in Judaism, God is strictly singular, fulfilling the idea and concept of monotheism as its most basic …show more content…
In Islam, God is beyond all comprehension or equal and does not resemble any of his creations in any way. Most Muslims today believe that the religions of Abraham are of one source, which is The Almighty God. Therefore, the Triune God of Christianity is considered to be a heresy, both in Judaism and Islam, a threat to monotheism. Thus, Allah cannot be the same as God the Father of the Christian Trinity, since Allah says that belief in the Trinity is one of the worst possible heresies and sins: “Surely, unbelievers are those who said, "Allah is the third of the three [in a Trinity]". But there is no god but One God. And if they cease not from what they say, verily, a painful torment will befall the unbelievers among them” (Quran
Professor Coughlin
Brigitta Schuchert
Essay 3
Islam, Judaism, and Christianity all share a belief in one God.
The three religions of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity are considered to be very similar in practices and ideas. Christianity and Islam along with Judaism are referred to as Abrahamic religions. This is because all three of these religions revere Abraham and believe he was a major prophet in their respected religions. The biggest relation between the three is, however, is monotheism, the belief in only one god.
Judaism, the earliest monotheistic religion, is about the personal God who revealed himself through the story of the Jewish people. Judaism was formed around 2000 BCE, as a religion based on a covenant between …show more content…
Jewish tradition teaches that the true aspect of God is incomprehensible and unknowable, and that it is only God 's revealed aspect that brought the universe into existence, and interacts with mankind and the world. In Judaism, the one God of Israel is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who is the guide of the world. God delivered Israel from slavery in Egypt, and gave them the 613 Mitzvoth and commandments at Mount Sinai as described in the Torah. Even when Moses returned with the Ten Commandments, the second of those affirmed the existence and singularity of God. It stated that "I the LORD am your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage: You shall have no other gods beside Me" (Exodus 20:3) (Novak: 187). Thus, in Judaism, God is strictly singular, fulfilling the idea and concept of monotheism as its most basic …show more content…
In Islam, God is beyond all comprehension or equal and does not resemble any of his creations in any way. Most Muslims today believe that the religions of Abraham are of one source, which is The Almighty God. Therefore, the Triune God of Christianity is considered to be a heresy, both in Judaism and Islam, a threat to monotheism. Thus, Allah cannot be the same as God the Father of the Christian Trinity, since Allah says that belief in the Trinity is one of the worst possible heresies and sins: “Surely, unbelievers are those who said, "Allah is the third of the three [in a Trinity]". But there is no god but One God. And if they cease not from what they say, verily, a painful torment will befall the unbelievers among them” (Quran