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| Judaism | Christianity | Islam | |
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| Founding & origins | Ancient Israelite roots; covenant tradition | Emerged from 1st-century Judaism around Jesus of Nazareth | 7th-century Arabia; Prophet Muhammad |
| Sacred texts | Tanakh; Talmud and rabbinic literature | Old and New Testaments; canons vary | Qur'an; Hadith collections |
| Concept of the divine | Strict monotheism | Trinitarian monotheism (most traditions) | Strict monotheism (tawhid) |
| Afterlife | Diverse views; less doctrinally fixed | Resurrection; heaven and judgment | Day of Judgment; paradise and hell |
| Key historical developments | Second Temple period; rise of rabbinic Judaism | Councils, East–West schism, Reformation | Early caliphates; Sunni–Shia development |