Are the Abrahamic faiths based on Paganism?

Answer 1

As with most religions that interact, there is a certain amount of influence that has gone from paganism into the Abrahamic religions, and vice versa. However, at their basis they are different and there is no clear derivation, as most of the ancient pagan religions were polytheistic and the Abrahamic religions have always been monotheistic. However, it is acknowledged that by some that when Abraham made his coventant with Yahweh, he agreed to worship only Yahweh, which implies that at the time there was a belief in multiple deities, which would imply some pagan origin.