WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Abraham is traditionally considered to be the first Jew and to have made a covenant with God. Because Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all recognize Abraham as their first prophet, they are also called the Abrahamic religions.

Detailed explanation-2: -All the major Abrahamic religions claim a direct lineage to Abraham: Abraham is recorded in the Torah as the ancestor of the Israelites through his son Isaac, born to Sarah through a promise made in Genesis. Christians affirm the ancestral origin of the Jews in Abraham.