Modern Religions Comparison Chart



Name ______________________

Middle East Religions Comparison Chart

| |Judaism |Christianity |Islam |

|Symbol | | | |

|Size | | | |

|(# of followers or |14th: Judaism: ______________ |1st--________________ |2nd: Islam: ______________ |

|world ranking) | | | |

| | | | |

|Founder |____________________ |____________________ |____________________ |

| | | | |

|Holy Book |____________________: the first five books of the Hebrew |____________________ |____________________ |

| |scripture | | |

|Country of | | | |

|Origin |____________________ |____________________ |____________________ |

|Monotheistic | | | |

|or |____________________: one god |____________________: one god |____________________: one god |

|polytheistic? | | | |

|View of Jesus | | |Jesus is one of 124,000 prophets; born of a virgin but not |

| |Jesus seen as either an extremist false messiah or a good | |Son of God; was sinless; ascended to heaven without dying |

| |but martyred teacher.  Orthodox Jews await the Messiah. |Son of God, savior |(not crucified); a messiah and ayatollah (sign of God). |

| | | | |

| | | |Five ____________________ |

|Main | | | |

|Beliefs | | |Faith: believe that there is only one god (Allah) |

|(ex. basic laws or | |____________________: Laws given by God. |Prayer: ______ daily prayers, facing Mecca |

|guidelines) |____________________: Laws given by God. | |Charity: giving money to the poor |

| | | |Fasting: ______________(September) month of fasting |

| | | |Pilgrimage: at least one journey to ____________ in a |

| | | |lifetime |

|Holy places/ places of |Place of worship: Synagogue/Temple |Place of worship: Church/Cathedral |Place of worship: |

|worship | | | |

| |____________________: |____________________: |____________________ |

| |capital of Israel (home of the Jews) |Where Jesus was crucified | |

| |where the temple was built destroyed |Where Jesus was buried |Mecca: birthplace of ____________ and Islam |

| |where the western wall of the temple still stands | |Medina: where Mohammed began SAFELY preaching about Islam |

| | | |Jerusalem: Dome of the Rock, where Mohammed is believed to |

| | | |have gone to heaven with _____________to speak w/ the |

| | | |prophets |

|Interesting | | | |

|facts | | | |

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