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What are the founder deities holy books and leadership for the following religions Christianity Islam Hinduism Buddhism and judaism?

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Other than the Pope, who is the obvious "leader" of Catholicism under the umbrella of Christianity, Protestant Christians and the other Faiths have no such distinctions in leadership with the exception of the Dalai Lama of Tibetan (?) Buddhism. The Founders and Holy Books are:

Hinduism - Krishna (c. 2900 BCE) - Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, the Vedas
Judaism - Abraham (c. 2000 BCE) & Moses (1300 BCE) - Torah & Tanakh
Buddhism - Gautama Buddha (563 BCE) - Tripitakas & Dhammapada
Christianity - Jesus the Christ (30 CE) - New Testament/Bible
Islam - Muhammad (621 CE) - Al-Qu'ran

Other Abrahamic religions you might consider:

Zoroastrianism - Zarathustra (650 BCE) - Avesta-Yasna & Khorda Avesta
Babism - The Bab (1844 CE) - Al-Bayan [interpretation of Al-Qu'ran]
Baha'i Faith - Baha'u'llah (1852 CE) - Kitab'i-Iqan & Kitab'i-Aqdas [leadership is its
Universal House of Justice, Mount Carmel, Israel]

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