Lesson 2

Question 1

What are 3 western religions?

Answer 1

• JUDAISM
• CHRISTIANITY
• ISLAM

Question 2

term used to call the beliefs of these three religions, but some dislike using it because it leaves out Islam.

Answer 2

JUDEO - CHRISTIAN TRADITION

Question 3

Terms that people think fit better to call the beliefs of these three religions,

Answer 3

ABRAHAMIC TRADITION / RELIGIONS

Question 4

Considered the first
patriarch (father) of the ancient
Hebrew families and, from his
descendants, of the followers of
Islam and Christianity.

Answer 4

Abraham

Question 5

Considered the first
patriarch (father) of the ancient
Hebrew families and, from his
descendants, of the followers of
Islam and Christianity.

Answer 5

Abraham

Question 6

All three religions trace
themselves back through
Abraham.

T or F

Answer 6

True

Question 7

What do Muslims call their God?

Answer 7

Allah

Question 8

• THE BELIEFS THEY SHARE*

One single, all-powerful, all-knowing God (called
Allah by Muslims) created the world out of nothing.

This God made everything in the world and gave living things a special blessing.

Answer 8

Eyy ka muna

Question 9

✔ Hebrew Bible (called the Old
Testament by some, but not by Jews)
✔ New Testament (for Christians)
✔ Qur’an (for Muslims)

Answer 9

Eyy

Question 10

Describe God as being
made up of three persons: God
the Father, God the Son (Jesus),
and God the Holy Spirit.

Answer 10

The Trinity / Christians

Question 11

the idea of the Trinity looked like a belief in three separate gods, and it
enlarged the break between
early Christianity and Judaism.

Answer 11

Jewish community

Question 12

believe the Trinity compromises Christianity’s belief in one God.

Answer 12

Muslim

Question 13

Who regards Jesus as one of the great prophets?

Answer 13

Muslims

Question 14

Who requires that the Messiah bring world peace and a gathering of all Jewish exiles.

Answer 14

Judaism

Question 15

Who sees Jesus as the Son of God? ( both God and man)

Answer 15

Christians

Question 16

It is a holy book that serves as a tangible core for religions.

Answer 16

Sacred texts

Question 17

This relates the life
and teachings of Jesus.

Answer 17

Four Gospels

Question 18

This are chronicles the first years of the Christian church.

Answer 18

Acts of the Apostles

Question 19

This give advice
and instructions for living a life
according to Christ.

Answer 19

The Epistles or letters

Question 20

This describe how God has
intervened throughout history.

Answer 20

Revelations

Question 21

Made up of 114 chapters called

Answer 21

Surahs

Question 22

Considers him to be the
most recent and final prophet of
Allah.

Answer 22

Muhammad

Question 23

Muslims believe that the Qur’an cannot be adequately translated and so should be read (or
preferably) heard in…

Answer 23

Arabic

Question 24

According to Islamic belief, the Qur’an is the perfect
transcription of the infallible Word of God.

Answer 24

Eyy muna

Question 25

The Qur’an continues and culminates the revelations that God began in the Old and New Testaments.

Answer 25

Eye ulit

Question 26

It traces the origins of Islam back to _____ who, according to Christian tradition, was a concubine of Abraham, but who, according to Islamic tradition, was Abraham’s second wife.

Answer 26

Hagar

Question 27

It does not recognize Jesus as the son of Allah (God) but does accept Jesus as a prophet of Allah.

Answer 27

Eyy muna

Question 28

It accepts the divine revelation of the Hebrew Bible and the absolute unity and uniqueness of God as taught in the Hebrew Bible.

Answer 28

Qur'an

Question 29

In the Hebrew Bible is the line, “There is one God called YHVH, Elohim, and El Shaddai.”

Answer 29

Qur' an

Question 30

When their name of God appears in text, Jews replace it in public readings with _____ , meaning “my Lord.”

Answer 30

Adonai

Question 31

Includes no personal Messiah, and its prophets proclaim an ethical, as well as ritual, duty to serve God.

Answer 31

The Hebrew Bible