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I NTRODUCTION ............................................................5 D R . Camille Pecastaing, Ph.D. 1. F ATHER OF T HREE F AITHS ........................................9 2. S HARED A NCESTORS ................................................17 3. O RIGINS OF J UDAISM ..............................................29 4. T HE B IRTH OF C HRISTIANITY ..................................45 5. T HE E MERGENCE OF I SLAM ....................................63 6. A L EGACY OF O PPRESSION ......................................83 7. M ISTRUST AND V IOLENCE ........................................97 C HRONOLOGY ..........................................................108 S ERIES G LOSSARY ....................................................112 F URTHER R EADING ....................................................113 I NTERNET R ESOURCES ..............................................114 I NDEX ......................................................................115 P ICTURE C REDITS ......................................................119 C ONTRIBUTORS ........................................................120