Abrahamic religions tradition claims that the Jews are descended from Abraham, and adherents of Judaism derive their spiritual identity from Abraham as the first of the three "fathers" or biblical Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. All the major Abrahamic religions claim a direct lineage to Abraham, although in Christianity this is understood in spiritual terms: Adam Dodds argues that the term "Abrahamic faiths", while helpful, can be considered misleading, as it conveys an unspecified historical and theological commonality that is problematic on closer examination. While there is commonality among the religions, in large measure their shared ancestry is peripheral to their respective
Islam and antisemitism "negative assessments and even condemnation of prior religions and their adherents occur in all three scriptures of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam." Scholars have studied and debated Muslim attitudes to, and treatment of, Jews in Islamic thought and societies throughout history. The Quran makes forty-three specific references to ""Bani Isrāīl"" (meaning the Children of Israel). The Arabic term "yahud", denoting Jews, and "yahudi" occur eleven times and the verbal form "hāda" (meaning "to be a Jew/Jewish") occurs ten times. According to Khalid Durán, the negative passages use "Yahūd", while the positive references speak mainly of the "Banī Isrā’īl". In Quran Jews