Abrahamic religions of our time
Abrahamic religions are theological teachings,which in their nucleus have an establishment that goes back to Abraham, the ancient Semitic patriarch. All these beliefs, one way or another, recognize the sacred text of the Old Testament, therefore they are also called the "religions of the Book." Also in the basis of such teachings lies the Revelation - the proclamation
The Abrahamic religions that have survived to this day,are subdivided into world ones - Christianity and Islam, and private - Judaism, karaism, Rastafarianism and Bahaism. The historical cradle of all these beliefs was, of course, Judaism. Originating at the beginning of the first millennium BC in the territory of the ancient Semitic kingdoms of Israel, Judea and Canaan, these views became a revolutionary breakthrough among pagan cults. If we approach the study of the Torah as a symbolic code, rather than the chronicles of the history of the Jewish people, we can identify the main elements that have become common to all subsequent teachings of the Book: monotheism, the creation of the visible world from nothing and the linearity of time.
In the I century AD. e. in the province of Judea, then part of the Roman Empire, Christianity was born, spreading rapidly throughout the vast territory of this state - from North Africa to the British Isles, and from the Iberian Peninsula to Asia Minor. Abrahamic religions - Judaism and Christianity - already had significant differences among themselves. Despite the fact that the new belief was born in a Semitic environment, his followers believed that the covenant of God and Moses should not be interpreted as a contract of the Creator with the Jewish people, but as with all mankind. In this sense, "the people of Israel" is anyone who "believes and will be baptized."
Such Abrahamic religions as the varieties of Judaism (the Pharisees, Sadducees) proceeded from the premise that agreement B
In the 7th century, Islam appeared in Arabia. Taking as a basis the early teachings of Christianity and Judaism, he nevertheless declares himself not so much as a continuation or development of these teachings, as proclaiming himself the only righteous faith. The psychology of religion, especially the new one, often needs reinforcement with ancient texts. In the case of Islam, we see the statement that the faith proclaimed by Muhammad is the most real, in the purest form, the religion of Abraham, which the Jews and Christians distorted. Muslims believe that anyone who has accepted the faith in one God and His prophet is already becoming the son of Israel. Therefore, Islam has become a world religion, unlike Orthodox Judaism, which believes that the people of Moses are Jews by blood. However, Muslims do not recognize the divine nature of Jesus Christ, considering him one of the prophets.
The concept of religion as revelation is characteristic ofof all Abrahamic beliefs. But at the same time Judaism recognizes the Sinai revelation, Christianity is the decalogue of the Commandments of Christ, and Islam considers the prophecy of the last of the prophets - Muhammad - the most important, completing all other prophecies. Recently, in spite of political problems and radical followers, there is a tendency in the educated environment to converge between these worldviews.
