Douglas+Wallace

 People often believe that there are major differences in religions and what they mean, but in all actuality, the differences aren’t even in the prophecies.      In Christianity, Abraham is better known as "the faith" of the Christian people, for he was about to sacrifice his only son (at the time) in service to God before an angel stopped him. Now how does the view on Moses differ in  other sacred text? Not much actual ly because the Jews view him as the first Jew and apart of the Patriarch. The Patriarch includes Abraham, his son, and his grandson (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob). They are the Patriarch because they are the spiritual and physical ancestors of Judaism. As for the Islamic culture, Abraham is (often referred to as Ibrahim) the ancestor of Arabs. The Qur'an infers that he is an Arabian ancestor because of his ad Hagar's son Ishmael. It is also believed that Abraham built the Kaaba in Mecca. So what really is the difference these sacred historical text really contain?

Christianity: In the bible they refer to him as the Progenitor of Hebrews

Islam: Was named Ibrahim for Islam. He is believed to be an Arabian ancestor through his son Ishmael. He built the Kaaba in Mecca.

Judaism: Known as the founder of Judaism and apart of the Patriarch.

 

Moses was a prophet who was born in the year 2368 (BD) during a bad time when war threatened his Hebrew people. All newborns were ordered to be killed in the place in which he lived. His mother hid him for three months, and once she could not hide him no more, she put him in a basket and sen t put him in a river where the Pharaoh’s daughter found him. He had a speech impediment because of a test he was put through. As a child he removed the crown off of the head of the Pharaoh. His sorcerers told him the child should be executed because he could be the one who over throws him as the prophecy stated, Moses argued it is simple baby play, a baby has no intelligence. His sorcerers said we will test if he has intelligence, we will put in front of him a crown, and glowing coals. If he goes for the crown, he would be executed, and if he went for the coal it means he truly has no intelligence. Moses reached for the crown, but an angel pushed him to grab the coal, and he shoved it in his mouth. Leaving him with the speech impediment. As an adult, he saw a Hebrew being beaten and killed slave master, and fled Egypt for he was in fear he would be executed for doing so. Later in life he was ordered by GOD to free Hebrews, Pharaoh refuses to do so and Moses releases 10 plagues on Egypt. When the Pharaoh lets the Hebrews go, and his army chased them across the red sea while it was parted, and God closed the water to drown the army. This story is the same for the three holy books, but what are the differences?

Christanity: Moses goes on to list the 10 commandments from the words of God

Islam: Moses dies with the army, and as his last wish, he asked God to forgive him. God leave his body in perfect condition as a message to all who defies his prophets.

Judaism: Moses is the greatest prophet of all time. He sees what all prophets saw and more. He saw the bible as a whole.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">So where does this leave us? Looking at the three Holy Scriptures, there is not much of a difference from any of them. The prophecies are for the most part the same, but it is how the prophets are viewed and worshiped is where the line of religion is separated. For Christians, Jesus is recognized as the Messiah, the ultimate prophet, while other religions don't recognize him as that. There is acknowledgment of him, but no praise of him. While reading your text you are reading all of them basically. The Old Testament, and New Testament are shared by the Christain faiths and the Last Testament is shared by the Islamic faith, which is why we share the same stories. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">

"Jews and Christians share the same text, but Jew, Christians, and Muslims share the same stories." - Dr Julian Baggini