What are the 3 major religions that originated in the region north Africa and the middle east?

Answer 1

The middle east is considered the birthplace Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Judaism traces its beginning to Abram, a monotheist recorded in the Jewish book of Genesis, from approximately 2000 B.C.E. He is revered as the recipient of a direct revelation from YHVH, the singular Creator of the Universe and considered the Patriarch of the three major monotheistic religions. Abram was instructed to leave the land of Mesopotamia (in Babylonia) and relocate to Canaan (modern day Israel/Palestine) to develop the first rituals and beliefs of Judaism. Its major holy book is the TaNaKh, written in Hebrew, and formulated over several centuries with a multitude of writers.

Christianity began in Roman-occupied Palestine as an offshoot of Judaism in the mid- 1st century A.D. Christianity sees itself as the fulfillment of Jewish prophecy and revelation in the person of Y'shua Meshiach (Jesus the Christ), who believers see as the incarnation of the triune God YHVH. Its major holy book is the New Testament, written in Greek and Aramaic, by first and second generation disciples of Jesus.

Islam began in Mecca, located in what is now Saudi Arabia, as a fulfillment religion of both Judiasm and Christianity. It developed during the early 7th century A.D. from the teachings of Muhammad and subsequent publication of its major holy book, the Q'ran, written in Arabic and traditionally attributed to Muhammad's direct revelation from God. He is believed to be the final prophet of Allah, the One God. Q'ranic teachings are variations on the stories and revelations found in the TaNaKh and New Testament.

Answer 2

Judaism, Christianity and Islam