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major points of reference need to be remembered. First, and foremost, that all three of these
religions worship the same God, that being the God of Abraham. . Second, it is equally
important to understand that although these three religions fundamentally acknowledge scripture
as the foundation of that monotheistic concept, their individual interpretation of that scripture is
quite different. Many diverse contexts such as philosophy, history, ethnicity, and gender have
kept scholars aware of the fact that monotheism is not an abstract concept, but an ideal that was
formulated from the particular experiences of each individual community. Monotheistic doctrine
can then be interpreted as reflections of the experiences of religious communities. Also
important to note before we explore each religion individually is that these beliefs were formed
from extensive debates and that those debates continue even into the 21st century.
Judaism is by far the longest existing religion of the three that we are to evaluate. Although
older, Judaism and it concept of monotheism is quite di
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servants.
Even with internal struggle, war, famine, persecution, and even the entire uplifting of societies,
scholars still took the time to maintain their traditions to the best of their abilities.
A controversy developed in the 2nd century with the scholar Marcion claiming that the God
of the Old Testament and the God of the New Testament were in fact different, thus denouncing
monotheism. This is in contrast to Orthodoxy, doctrine. Philo, a noted
Jew living in Alexandria interpreted that the Bible, which was held to be a covenantal contract
between Israel and God was actually a metaphysical power through which all reality came into
being.
Other factors, such as Jews living during the periods of Messianism, established and re-
affirmed the Jewish belief that God was known as an infinite, unknowable source of vitality
known as “En Sof”, which means infinite. fferent than its younger counterparts. In specific reference to
the yawm ad-din, it as an event emphasizes morality along with spirituality. This trinity
consists of a new revelation known as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This was accomplished by formulating a distinct definition of a
Trinitarian conception of God. These terms are
rather important to the Islamic faith because they emphasize the undeniable fact that submission
to the one God of Islam, Allah, is the fundamental key to being a Muslim. The term “orthopraxy” is defined as the bias of Islam in favor of law and
worship. Hellenistic cultural traditions penetrated beyond the forms of Jewish
thought to the core of the Jewish theological vocabulary.
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