Abrahamic religions

The Abrahamic religions, are a group of religious communities of faith that claim descent from the religion of the ancient Israelites and the worship of the God of Abraham. The Abrahamic religions are monotheistic. The term derives from patriarch Abraham, a major biblical figure from The Hebrew Bible. The major Abrahamic religions are Christianity, Islam, Judaism and the Bahá'í Faith.

Religions

Religion	Founded in	Claims descent from	Central symbol	Central scripture	Central figure	Adherents	Population
Christianity	1st century CE	Isaac and Joseph	Christian cross	Christian Bible	Jesus	Christians	2.4 billion
Islam	7th century CE	Ishmael	Star and crescent	Quran	Muhammad	Muslims	1.9 billion
Judaism	20th–18th century BCE	Isaac and Joseph	Star of David	Tanakh	Moses	Jews	14 million
Bahá'í Faith	19th century CE	Keturah's children	9-pointed star	Aqdas	Bahá'ullah	Baha'is	10 million
Druze	11th century CE	Ishmael	Druze star	Hikmah	Hamza	Muwahhidun	5 million
Samaritanism	20th–18th century BCE	Isaac and Joseph		Pentateuch	Moses	Samaritans	820 followers
Rastafari	20th century CE	Haile Selassie	Lion of Judah	Christian Bible	Haile Selassie	Rastas	700,000
Mormonism	19th century CE	Joseph Smith	An angel blowing a trumpet	The Book of Mormon	Joseph Smith and Jesus	Mormons	17 million