judaism is the oldest monotheistic religion and is based on the hebrew bible.
what is the oldest monotheistic religion and is based on the hebrew bible?
judaism
around the 12th century bc, judaism developed as a monotheistic religion. according to jewish religious tradition, the history of judaism begins with the covenant between god and abraham, who is considered a hebrew. (the first hebrew being eber, a forefather of abraham.) the hebrew bible occasionally refers to "arvi" peoples (or variants thereof), translated as "arab" or "arabian" deriving from "arava" plain, the dwellers of plains. some arabs of the arabian peninsula are considered descendants of ismael, the first son of abraham. while the commonly held view among historians is that islam originated in arabia in the 7th century ad, in islam's view, adam was the first muslim (in the sense of believing in allah and surrendering to allah's commands). islam also shares many traits with judaism (as well as with christianity), like the belief in and reverence for common prophets, such as moses and abraham, who are recognized in all three abrahamic religions.
islamic–jewish relations
zoroastrianism has become the fastest growing religion with kurds, especially in kurdish-controlled northern iraq. because of the religion's strong ties to kurdish culture, there has been a recent rebirth of zoroastrianism in the region, and as of august 2015 the kurdistan regional government (krg) officially recognized zoroastrianism as a religion within kurdish iraq. arguably the world’s oldest monotheistic religion, zoroastrianism ("zardashti" in kurdish) has almost disappeared in the last century until recent years. it has been estimated that as many as 100,000 to 200,000 people in iraqi kurdistan have converted to zoroastrianism from a muslim background since 2015, with the first new zoroastrian temples being built and opened in 2016.
religion in iraq