Question

Monotheistic Religions

Answer 1

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?
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