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The name of the holiest text for Muslims.
What is the Quran?
The practice of consuming the body and blood of Christ.
What is taking communion?
The man shared by all 3 religions as a major figure, prophet, and believer; promised to be the leader of a great nation.
Who is Abraham?
The religion that celebrates Shabbat from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday.
What is Judaism?
The city that is considered holy to all 3 Abrahamic religions.
What is Jerusalem?
The text that includes description of the life of Christ, through the eyes of his Apostles, as Acts of the Apostles, Revelations, and Epistles (letters from the Apostles).
What is the New Testament?
The way fasting works during Ramadan.
What is abstaining from food or drink from sunup to sundown?
Hagar's son; traditionally seen as the ancestor of Arabs and the Prophet Mohammed; promised to be the leader of a great nation.
Who is Ishmael?
If you are part of the umma, you are a believer of this faith.
What is Islam?
The historic empire that is responsible for the conditions under which Jesus was born, destroyed the second Jewish temple, and ultimately, spread Christianity across the globe.
What is the Roman Empire?
What is the Torah?
A consequence of the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70 AD.
What is the Jewish practice of worshipping in local congregations OR the use of Rabbis to lead congregations OR ending of sacrificial practices in favor of prayer?
Who is Isaac?
The 3 parts of the Holy Trinity.
What is God as the Father/Creator, God as the Son (Jesus), and God as the Holy Spirit?
The creation of the Greek Orthodox and Catholic Churches came from this conflict.
What is the Great Schism of 1054?
For full credit, be sure to identify which religion(s) you are speaking about:
One is geared towards creating context for the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, the other is geared towards explaining the return of Babylonian exiles to Jerusalem.
What is the difference between the Christian and Jewish Old Testaments?
The reason behind baptism as a critical ritual for Christians.
What is that it replicates Jesus being baptized by John?
Jacob's sons become the ancestors to this critical group of Ancient Jews.
Luther nailed these to a door in 1517 to begin the Protestant Reformation.
What are the 95 Theses?
The original reason for the split between Sunni and Shia Islam. For full credit, be sure to explain it fully.
What is the disagreement over who should succeed the Prophet Mohammed? (Sunni Muslims believe Abu Bakr was the rightful next caliph, while Shia Muslims believe that Ali, the 4th caliph was actually the legitimate successor).
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The one who looks after a widow or a poor person is like a Mujahid (warrior) who fights for Allah's Cause, or like him who performs prayers all the night and fasts all the day."
Is an example of this text.
What is the Hadith?
2 examples of Kashrut.
What are
Certain animals are allowed
No mixing meat and dairy
Proper slaughter required
No blood consumed
King David--> Judah--> Jacob --> Isaac--> Abaraham
What is Jesus's connection to the Abrahamic lineage?
The 5 Pillars of Islam, both in English and Arabic?
What is shahada (profession of faith), salat (prayer 5x a day), sawm (fasting during the month of Ramadan), zakat (almsgiving), & hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)?
Baptism is a variation on this Jewish ritual.
What is using the mikvah (taking a ritual bath)?