The prophets and founders of the great monotheisms, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, have brought stirring messages of fulfilment and hope through faith. Besides great spiritual visions, these messages have contained many rules concerning morals, ethics, organization, punishments, and piety. This book is history of how these rules have played out over the last 2500 years. The other religious questions about eternity, heaven, and paradise will, as always, be the subject of personal experience.