RELS 131 : RELS S2 2013 LEC.docx
4 Dec 2013
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Eastern/western traditions, the division between them is quite conventional. Even though these three religions arose in the middle east they were widely adopted in the west and are not dominant in the. Middle east, north and south america, and africa. Abrahamic origins: christianity and islam, like judaism trace their roots to abraham. Historical interactions between the three: they had more interactions with each other than with any other religious tradition. In its historical development, judaism gave rise to two other world religions. Christians and muslims acknowledge their debt to the ideas and practices of the ancient judaism. They are not bringing something out of nowhere. It is the older among the western tradition, founded more than 3000 years ago at mount sinai by a divine revelation through moses to the people of. The covenant: jews believe that god expects all human beings to follow the same fundamental moral code (given to noah after the flood)
