First monotheistic religion

Answer 1

The first monotheistic religion is unknown, but the oldest continuously practiced monotheisic religion is Judaism, founded approximately 2000 BCE.

Zoroastrianism is a close second, founded approxmately arount the 5th or 6th Century BCE.

Answer 2

JUDAISM was the first monotheistic religion, with at least 2,500 years of being monotheistic and clearly came out of the Babylonian Exile as a monotheistic faith. Jewish sources debate these secular numbers and argue that Judaism has been monotheistic for 3,800 years.

There is some debate as to whether the Ancient Egyptians or Zoroastrians preceded the Jews to be the first monotheistic religion. In both cases, these are/were monolatrous henotheistic faiths. This means that there are multiple divinities with powers not completely constrained by other divinities, but only one of these many gods is worshiped.

In the case of Atenism, also known as Ancient Egyptian monotheism, although all of the heavenly gods were reduced to Amun-Re, the Pharaoh was himself still a god, simply one that was not worshiped.

Probably the clearest distinction is that Judaism is a monotheistic religion whereas Zoroastrianism is a monolatrous henotheistic faith is the power of Angra Mainyu. Angra Mainyu, also called Ahriman, is the Zoroastrian equivalent to the Devil and has enough power to create (usually used for evil) and to challenge (although not defeat) the primary god Ahura Mazda, also called Ormuzd. Conversely, in Judaism, the Satan is an angel who serves as God's loyal opposition and lacks any serious creative or punitive powers without God's permission.

Answer 3

Zoroastrianism was the first great monotheistic religion, at one stage being the major religion of what are now Iran and Iraq. It is believed to have originated in southern Russia around 1700 BCE, although somewhat earlier or later dates are possible.

Apart from a brief flirtation with monotheism in Egypt, monotheistic Judaism was next. Scholars have established that the early Israelites and Judahites were at all times polytheistic, but the religion of Judah was monolatrous by the seventh century. Monolatry means that you worship one God but accept that other gods exist and have power, which they exert only on those who worship them. By the fifth century, after the Babylonian Exile, Second Temple Judaism was monotheistic.

Judaism has never had a great number of followers, so it is arguable whether it can really be defined as a great monotheistic religion. Christianity, which arose out of Judaism in the first century CE, certainly became a great religion and on that strict definition could be regarded as the first great monotheistic religion after Zoroastrianism.

Answer 4

JUDAISM is the number one oldest monotheistic faith in all history. Christianity is the second oldest monotheistic religion. Muslims follow the 3rd oldest monotheistic religion.

Answer 5

Judaism was one of the first monotheistic religions followed (many centuries later) by Catholicism and all the Christian Protestant religions that derived from Catholicism.

Answer 6

Judaism is usually considered the first monotheistic religion. (Although there may have been tribes that worshipped a singular Sun God.)

Answer 7

Judaism