Definition of Abrahamic Religions

Abraham is one of the great patriarchs that appear in the Bible. He was born in the town of Ur in Chaldea and was chosen by God to guide his people before the future arrival of the messiah to the world. God led him to the Promised Land and together with his wife Sarah, his nephew Lot and other relatives and close associates of him he went to Canaan, the territory which would later be called Palestine or Judea.

God and Abraham made a covenant that all of their descendants would populate the world. What symbol from such an alliance the male Hebrews are circumcised.

Likewise, God communicated to him that he would have a new son and from his descendants the chosen people would emerge. When his wife Sara was 90 years old, their son Isaac was born. Eventually God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son and when he was about to obey the divine command, an angel stopped him. Faith in the Lord's promise made Abraham the father of believers.

Judaism, Christianity and the Muslim religion are closely linked from the figure of Abraham

The story of Abraham is considered the germ of the three great monotheistic religions, that is, Judaism, Christianity and the religion Islamic. All of them present great coincidences and can be understood as different versions that arose in different historical contexts. For this reason there is talk of Abrahamic religions.

Muslims are considered descendants of Ishmael, the son Abraham had with the Egyptian slave Hagar, since his legitimate wife, Sarah, was an infertile woman for many years. For Muslims Abraham is a "compassionate father".

Likewise, the Jewish people consider themselves a descendant of Isaac. On the other hand, from Isaac's line of succession comes Jesus of Nazareth, the founder of Christianity.

Although the Abrahamic religions have a common remote origin and some similar doctrines, there are very significant differences

The Judaism traditional It is based on the Torah or Old Testament, as well as other holy books, mainly the Talmud.

In Christianity in its Catholic version, the Old Testament is recognized from a historical point of view, but the text Fundamental of Christians is the New Testament, since in it appears the Messiah announced in the Old Testament, that is, Jesus.

From the point of view of Muslims, the Bible is a "corrupt" text and they only accept some of its parts, since the book that must follow the believers is the Koran, whose content was received by the prophet Muhammad through the mediation of the archangel Saint Gabriel

On synthesis, the three religions are based on the belief in one God and the prophet Abraham is related to all of them.

Those who emphasize the coincidences between the Abrahamic religions consider that the doctrinal confrontations between Jews, Christians and Muslims should be abandoned and replaced by a movement ecumenical.

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