| Judaism
- Abraham
journeys through the Arabian Desert from Iraq to Egypt,
2000 BC
- Moses
leads the Hebrews out of Egypt through the Sinai Desert,
1250 BC
- Moses
receives the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai, thirteenth century
BC
- David
stays in the desert to hide from Saul, 1000 BC
- Elijah
spends forty days and forty nights fasting and traveling
to Mt. Horeb,1000 BC
- Isaiah’s
follower writes about the desert’s role in humanity’s
salvation, sixth century BC
- The
mystical Essenes live in the Judean Desert, first century
BC
- A
group of Hebrews commits suicide atop the Masada plateau
to avoid capture by the Romans, AD 72
Christianity
- John
the Baptist lives in the Judean Desert and baptizes people
in the Jordan River, first century AD
- Jesus
goes to John to be baptized, first century AD
- Jesus
spends forty days and nights fasting on the Mount of Temptation
in the Judean Desert, enduring the temptation of Satan,
circa AD 30
- St.
Anthony and the desert fathers and mothers withdraw to the
Arabian Desert in Egypt, fourth and fifth centuries AD
Islam
- Mohammed
spends thirty days in the Arabian Desert and receives the
revelation that becomes the Koran, AD 610
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