Judaism, Christianity, and 

Islam are together considered Abrahamic religions due to the

fact they worship the God who first came into covenant with Abraham. Abraham's
portion of the covenant was that he spread the teaching that only God alone is the true
God, and all others are not. Therefore, each of the three religions that trace their roots
to Abraham strongly espouse monotheism. Further, no doubt due to the dialogical
relationship between Abraham and God, the Abrahamic faiths conceive of God as
deeply involved in human history, rather than detached from it. God appears at various
junctures in order to alter the fate of individuals and nations.

Considering this close relationship between God and human beings, it is not surprising
that Jews, Christians, and Muslims often conceive of God in personal terms.
The prophets of the Bible and the Qur'an encountered God as a Being with an explicit
will and personality. The Bible depicts God with anthropomorphic traits, as seen
in Genesis 1:26: "God said, 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.'" However,
from the viewpoint of faith, it is rather human beings who are "theomorphic," made in
the image of their Creator.

Later, medieval rationalist philosophers in each of these religions put forth the view that
one should not conceive of God as personal in the literal sense, as such perceptions limit
God’s transcendent majesty. Rather, they claimed that such personal descriptions of God
should be understood as metaphors. On the other hand, for many saints and pious
believers, relating to God in personalistic terms allows an intimacy and depth of
sentiment surpassing the logic of the more refined and rationalist conceptions.