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Sites held sacred across the Abrahamic traditions collectively, Judaism, Christianity and Islam together, rather than by any one of them individually. A site earns this grouping specifically when its significance is shared rather than merely coincidental, which in practice tends to make it also among the most contested ground in this whole section.
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What Defines This GroupingPlaces held holy by more than one of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, each on its own grounds. The atlas records each tradition's claim separately and does not treat one tradition's name for a place as the place's own name, or one tradition's account of why it is holy as the account. 2 Peoples and Traditions CoveredJudaism, Christianity and Islam - three distinct traditions, not one religion in three branches. A place in this group is holy to each of them, and each states different reasons for holding it so. 3 Status
Standing as a Comparative CategoryContested. "Abrahamic" is widely used but disputed as a comparative category: it is a modern coinage that projects a shared, unchanging core onto three traditions which describe their relation to Abraham in incompatible ways, and it can obscure as much as it groups. 3 Learn More
Shared Abrahamic sacred sites
This small group gathers a sacred site shared across the Abrahamic traditions, a place holy to more than one of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, reflecting their common heritage and, often, their overlapping and contested claims.
The browser will find the site the atlas classes here. The entry describes its significance to the several traditions that hold it sacred and, where relevant, the history of shared and disputed veneration.
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