The word Hindu is an exonym, and whileHinduismhas been called the oldest religion in the world, many practitioners refer to their religion as Sanātana Dharma (Sanskrit: सनातन धर्म, lit. Is Buddhism the oldest religion? The history of Buddhism goes back to what is n...
Because Islam is the final religion, it replaces all that has gone before it, especially Judaism and Christianity, and the account written in the Bible. The Qur’an contains stories about Bible characters, including Abraham (the patriarch of the Jewish people) and Jesus (the Messiah of the N...
Knowing that God was keeping his covenantal promise, verse 27 of Genesis 24 is absolutely beautiful: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord has led me in the way to the h...
important religious practices as well as study of theTorah. Although vastly outnumbered, religious Jews in the region took up arms to protect their community and their religion. Led by Mattathias the Hasmonean, and later his son Judah the Maccabee, the rebel armies became known as theMaccabees...