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The Abrahamic religions are a grouping of several religions that revere Abraham in their scripture, with the three largest and most influential being Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The religions share doctrinal, historical, and geographic overlap that naturally contrasts them with the Dharmic religions of India, Iranian religions, or ...
1800 BC Birth of Abraham following the foundation of Judaism and the Abrahamic religions; 1600 BCE: The ancient development of Stonehenge came to an end. 1500 BCE: The Vedic period began in India after the collapse of the Indus Valley Civilisation. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE: The oldest of the Hindu Vedas (scriptures), the Rigveda was composed.
This is an incomplete table containing prophets, sometimes called messengers, of the Abrahamic religions. [1] [2] Table. Manifestation of God (BaháΚΌí Faith)
This is a timeline of the development of prophecy among the Jews in Judaism. All dates are given according to the Common Era , not the Hebrew calendar . See also Jewish history which includes links to individual country histories.
The HarperCollins Concise Guide to World Religion: The A-to-Z Encyclopedia of All the Major Religious Traditions (1999) covers 33 principal religions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Jainism, Judaism, Islam, Shinto, Shamanism, Taoism, South American religions, Baltic and Slavic religions, Confucianism, and the religions of Africa and Oceania.
The start of the Age of Patriarchs with Abraham, and the origin for the Abrahamic Religions, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, Christian Bible and the Quran respectively: Abraham by Guercino: 1900: The Second patriarch Isaac, the long-awaited son of Abraham and Sarah, was nearly sacrificed by his father in a test of faith: Isaac by Jusepe de ...
Abraham – Hebrew patriarch according to the Hebrew Bible; Isaac – Biblical patriarch, son of Abraham and Sarah; Jacob – Abrahamic forefather of the Israelites; Moses – Prophet in Abrahamic religions; Aaron – Prophet in the Abrahamic faiths; Joshua – Central figure in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua
The term Abrahamic world refers to the parts of the world where most people follow Abrahamic religions. [1] It began in the Middle East , within which Jerusalem is considered a central Abrahamic location due to its religious importance.