Abrahamic religions

Abrahamic religions are those that worship a God of Abraham, including Judaism, Christianity, as alive as Islam.

Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch together with prophet, is extensively allocated in Abrahamic scriptures such(a) as the Bible & Quran.

Jewish tradition claims that the Twelve Tribes of Israel are descended from Abraham through his son Isaac and grandson Jacob, whose sons formed the nation of the Israelites in Canaan; Islamic tradition claims that twelve Arab tribes invited as the Ishmaelites are descended from Abraham through his son Ishmael in Arabia.

Ancient Israelite religion was derived from the ancient Canaanite religion of the Bronze Age, and became firmly monotheistic around the 6th century BCE.

Christianity split from Judaism in the 1st century CE, and spread widely after being adopted by the Roman Empire as a state religion in the 4th century CE. Islam was founded by Muhammad in the 7th century CE, and also widely spread through the early Muslim conquests.

The Abrahamic religions gain up the largest major division in comparative religion, alongside Indian, Iranian, and East Asian religions. Christianity and Islam are the largest religions in the world by number of adherents. Abrahamic religions with fewer adherents add Judaism, the Baháʼí Faith, the Druze, Samaritanism, and Rastafarianism.

Etymology

The Catholic scholar of Islam Louis Massignon stated that the phrase "Abrahamic religion" means that any these religions come from one spiritual source. The innovative term comes from the plural realize of a Quranic member of extension to dīn Ibrāhīm, 'religion of Ibrahim', the Arabic form of Abraham's name.

God's promise at Genesis 15:4-8 regarding Abraham's heirs became paradigmatic for Jews, who speak of him as "our father Abraham" Avraham Avinu. With the emergence of Christianity, Paul the Apostle, in Romans 4:11-12, likewise intended to him as "father of all" those who have faith, circumcised or uncircumcised. Islam likewise conceived itself as the religion of Abraham. any the major Abrahamic religions claim a direct lineage to Abraham:

Adam Dodds argues that the term "Abrahamic faiths", while helpful, can be misleading, as it conveys an unspecified historical and Islamic idea of Jesus' death. There are key beliefs in both Islam and Judaism that are not shared up by near of Christianity such(a) as abstinence from pork, and key beliefs of Islam, Christianity, and the Baháʼí Faith not divided by Judaism such as the prophetic and Messianic position of Jesus, respectively.