Religion Essay

             In examining the concept of monotheism in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions, two
             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 different than its younger counterparts.
             First, Judaism has evolved from the symbols and idioms of Canaanite and Mesopotamian
             cultural traditions. These two ancient cultures influences allowed and provided a means for
             Judaism to continuously reinterpret biblical images in terms of cultural traditions that the Jews
             themselves did not create . In other words, because the Jewish people were displaced so many
             different times over their history, they were forced to adapt their beliefs about their scriptures in
             consideration of the cultural circumstances that surrounded them at the time. It is in these
             reinterpretations that we see the two main theological preoccupation's of Judaism, monotheism
             and the concept of...

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