Starter quiz
- In the Abrahamic traditions, someone who is given messages or teachings from God is known as a ______.
- 'prophet' ✓
- The moment at which a human or other being gains a soul is called ______.
- 'ensoulment' ✓
- All of the __________ faiths include the creation story of Adam.
- Dharmic
- Abrahamic ✓
- Taoic
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- The recorded sayings of the Prophet Muhammad are called the ______.
- 'Hadith' ✓
- Which religion sees Adam as the first prophet?
- 'Islam' ✓
- Across the Abrahamic faiths, descriptions of the creation of Adam are all ...
- the same.
- completely different.
- slightly different. ✓
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Exit quiz
- Match the keywords to the correct definitions.
- ancestor⇔a person related to you who lived a long time ago ✓
- descendant⇔your children and any further generations of children ✓
- divergent⇔developed in different directions ✓
- sacrifice⇔to give up or kill something as an offering to God ✓
- Why did Sarah and Abraham laugh when they found out Sarah was pregnant?
- they hadn’t had children before
- because they were both so old ✓
- they were happy to be having a baby
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- Match each biblical figure to the correct mother.
- Ishmael⇔Hagar ✓
- Isaac⇔Sarah ✓
- Jesus⇔Mary ✓
- God tested Abraham by asking him to ...
- have many children.
- leave his home.
- sacrifice his son. ✓
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- Who is the common ancestor for Jews, Christians and Muslims?
- Abraham ✓
- Isaac
- Ismail
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Key learning points
- Abraham had two sons, each to different mothers.
- Judaism and Christianity say Abraham was told to sacrifice Sarah's son, Isaac.
- Islam says Abraham was told to sacrifice Hagar's son, Ismail.
- Despite the difference in the characters of Isaac and Ismail, all Abrahamic faiths are connected by Abraham's sacrifice.
Common misconception
Jews, Muslims and Christians are all descended from Abraham in the same way.
Jews and Christians trace their ancestry through Isaac to Abraham. Muslims trace their ancestry through Ismail to Abraham.
Keywords
Ancestor - a person related to you who lived a long time ago
Descendant - your children and any further generations of children that begin from them
Divergent - developed in different directions
Sacrifice - to give up something very important to you or to kill something as an offering to God
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