An accomplished senior administrator in Houston, Texas, Jamal Daniel leads the New Levant Initiative and chairs the Levant Foundation. Jamal Daniel established the Levant Foundation, in part, to further general understanding of the relationship between the three major Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Called “Abrahamic” religions because the figure Abraham looms large in all three of these prevalent, monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have a great deal in common. Abraham plays a major role in the book of Genesis in both the Hebrew Bible of the Jewish people and the Old Testament of the Christian people. Various stories of Abraham also feature prominently in the Islamic tradition, particularly in Surah 37 of the Qur’an.
The oldest monotheistic religion in the world, Judaism dates back nearly 4,000 years. With the advent of Jesus Christ in the first century C.E., Christianity became Judaism’s first major offshoot, as people began to follow Christ’s teachings in great numbers. Developing from both Judeo-Christian and Arabic traditions, Islam developed early in the seventh century C.E.
Called “Abrahamic” religions because the figure Abraham looms large in all three of these prevalent, monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have a great deal in common. Abraham plays a major role in the book of Genesis in both the Hebrew Bible of the Jewish people and the Old Testament of the Christian people. Various stories of Abraham also feature prominently in the Islamic tradition, particularly in Surah 37 of the Qur’an.
The oldest monotheistic religion in the world, Judaism dates back nearly 4,000 years. With the advent of Jesus Christ in the first century C.E., Christianity became Judaism’s first major offshoot, as people began to follow Christ’s teachings in great numbers. Developing from both Judeo-Christian and Arabic traditions, Islam developed early in the seventh century C.E.
