Question

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Step 1: Answer the six questions using three to four sentences each. Use what you learned in the lesson to guide your response.
• In what ways is the Holy Land an important site for all three monotheistic faiths?
• The three major monotheistic religions are sometimes described as branches of the same family tree. If this is true, how would you describe the trunk of the tree?
• How are the three major holy books of the monotheistic faiths both similar and different?
• How are the basic beliefs of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam alike?

Answer 1

(Cont)
• What types of internal differences and divisions exist within each religion?
• What characteristics and beliefs of the three religions make them different?
Step 2: After you have explained the answers to the six questions above, it's your turn to write two questions of your own that you would like to ask any of the religious figures discussed in the lesson (ex. Jesus, Mohammad, Moses). You should also write sample answers to the two questions you create. Your questions and answers should address one of the following topics from the lesson, but should not repeat answers already discussed in this assessment:
• how the three religions are alike and different
• what perspective each religion has on the prophets discussed in the lesson
• what basic beliefs each religion follows
• what revelations the holy books of the three religions provide and how they relate to one another

Answer 2

1) In what ways is the holy land an important site for all three monotheistic faiths?
In all monotheistic religions, God told his people (Abraham and descendents) that it was the promised land and they would find great happiness there. In Judaism, it is considered the holiest city. In Christianity, it is considered the place where Jesus' ministry took place and the Isra and Mi'raj event in the Islamic religion, where Muhammad took a physical and spiritual journey took place there.

2) The three major monotheistic religions are sometimes described as branches of the same family tree. If this is true, how would you describe the trunk of the tree?
The trunk of the tree is where Abraham (A key figure in Judaism, Christianity and Islam) and his descendents took place and formed the basis for all three monotheistic religions. This is where God chose to reveal himself to his chosen people so that they may find the promised land where they will find happiness. In all monotheistic religions, the covenant between Abraham and God is established. God calls Abraham to leave his land, family and household in Mesopotamia in return for a new land, family and inheritance in Canaan, the promised land.

Answer 3

Here's the answer to number 3 quoted from various links, if you can put it into your own words that'd be great. And the answers to number 4-6 can be found within the links.

Answer 4

3)
The Qu'ran:
"Muslims believe that Islam supersedes Judaism and Christianity-that the Quran is the final and complete word of God and that Muhammad is the last of the prophets. In contrast to Christianity, which accepts much of the Hebrew Bible, Muslims believe that what is written in the Old and New Testaments is a corrupted version of the original revelation to Moses and Jesus. Moreover, Christianity's development of "new" dogmas such as the belief that Jesus is the Son of God and the doctrines of redemption and atonement is seen as admixing God's revelation with human fabrication." - http://www.islamicity.com/articles/articles.asp?ref=ic0805-3575

Tanakh:
"Most Muslims believe that of the major Ibrahimic religious works containing the word of God, (the Qur’an, the Tanakh, and the New Testament) only the Qur’an has remained uncorrupted over the years. In recent years, some students of Muslim theology have advocated the findings of modern biblical textual criticism, which claims to have shown that the extant version of the five books of Moses was not written solely by Moses 3500 years ago, as traditional Jews and Christians had believed, but instead was compiled perhaps 2500 years ago from a number of previous sources. This is known as the Documentary hypothesis. Similar work has been carried out on the New Testament. In Muslims’ view, this demonstrates that the Jewish and Christian scriptures, though originally divinely inspired, have been corrupted by malicious or careless scribes over the centuries, and cannot therefore provide a reliable guide to God’s will for mankind - thus necessitating the final revelation of the Qur’an. However, the Qur’an also stipulates that the Jewish and Christian scriptures are based, however loosely, on divinely inspired originals, and Muslims therefore have respect for them." - http://www.zimbio.com/Islam/articles/139/Similarities+between+Bible+Quran+Torah+Common
The Bible:

"According to popular Muslim belief the Bible is not in the original form. When mentioning these, we need to solid proof and Western research to back up our claims. Modern Biblical research that supports the Muslim point of view stems from the Naag Haamdi texts that were found in Egypt. These “Biblical” Texts were part of the “heresies” that were not included in the Bible under Constantine the Roman emperor who “imposed” the books included in the current Bible. The other books were discarded as “heresies” and presumably burned. However Elaine Pagel and others have researched the lost Bibles. Arian proposed many of the ideas of Christ as a prophet and monotheism. Arian “fought” against the acceptance of the Divinity of Christ and concept of Trinity. According to Karen Armstrong in the “History of God” The Council of Nicea in 328 AD was greatly influenced by Roman Emperor Constantine and he forced the non-Arian factions and their concept of the Bible." http://www.zimbio.com/Islam/articles/139/Similarities+between+Bible+Quran+Torah+Common

4 - 6) http://www.religionfacts.com/islam/comparison_charts/islam_judaism_christianity.htm
http://www.unlikelyprofessor.com/history/guides/religion.html
http://christianityinview.com/xncomparison.html

Answer 5

You can also find your answers for 'what perspective each religion has on the prophets discussed in the lesson' and 'what revelations the holy books of the three religions provide and how they relate to one another' in all the links I've sent you too. :)

Answer 6

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