Most monotheists would say that, by definition, monotheism is incompatible with [[polytheism]]. This is because a belief in multiple gods does not imply the worship of multiple gods. Historically, many polytheists believe in the existence of many gods, but worshipped only one.
[[Zoroastrianism]] is considered by some to be the oldestearliest monotheistic religion.view Atto ahave laterevolved stageamong mankind, judaismand theorize that Judaism was influenced by Zoroastrianism as well as by Greek philosophy before arriving at its modern monotheistic view of God. AsaThis result,view is not compatible with the jewishself-understanding goodof wasthe reinterpreted[[Abrahamic asreligions]] a([[Judaism]], universal[[Christianity]], rather[[Islam]]), thanwhich tribal,traditionally god.insist Earlierthat jewsexclusive acknowledgedmonotheism is the existenceoriginal religion of manyall godsmankind, butall worshipedother onlygods theirbeing ownviewed tribalas idols and creatures which wrongly came to be worshipped as goddeities.
The Christian belief in the [[Trinity]] is traditionallymonotheism, consideredthe aworship formof the one God of monotheism,Abraham althoughaccording to Trinitarian tradition. However, many Jews, Muslims, and non-Trinitarian[[Unitarianism|unitarian]] Christians would question this classification.▼
The [[Abrahamic religions]] ([[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], [[Islam]]) have traditionally subscribed to exclusive monotheism, although some biblical scholars argue that the phrasing of certain passages such as the commandment not to have other gods before God, are remnants of an earlier inclusive monotheism.
▲The Christian belief in the [[Trinity]] is traditionally considered a form of monotheism, although many Jews, Muslims, and non-Trinitarian Christians would question this classification.
