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The Oxford handbook of Abrahamic religions / edited by Adam J. Silverstein and Guy G. Stroumsa ; associate editor, Moshe Blidstein.

Other author/creatorSilverstein, Adam J., editor.
Other author/creatorStroumsa, Guy G. editor.
Other author/creatorBlidstein, Moshe, 1982- editor.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Descriptionxvii, 617 pages ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)
Variant title Abrahamic religions
Series [Oxford handbooks]
Oxford handbooks. ^A611862
Contents Part I. The concept of the Abrahamic religions. Abraham and authenticity / Reuven Firestone -- Yet another Abraham / Gil Anidjar -- Abrahamic experiments in history / Adam J. Silverstein -- Three rings or three impostors? The comparative approach to the Abrahamic religions and its origins / Guy G. Stroumsa -- The Abrahamic religions as a modern concept / Mark Silk -- The concept of the Abrahamic religions, problems and pitfalls / Rémi Brague -- Part II. Communities. Islamo-Christian civilization / Richard W. Bulliet -- The Abrahamic religions in the Mediterranean / David Abulafia -- Justice / Uriel Simonsohn -- Jews and Muslims in Christian law and history / John Tolan -- Beyond exclusivism in the Middle Ages: on the three rings, the three impostors, and the discourse of multiplicity / Dorothea Weltecke -- part III. Scripture and hermeneutics. Historical-critical readings of the Abrahamic scriptures / Nicolai Sinai -- Interpreters of scripture / Carol Bakhos -- The finality of prophecy / David S. Powers -- Apocalypticism, millenarianism, and messianism / Lutz Greisiger -- part IV. Religious thought. The Abrahamic religions and the classical tradition / Peter E. Pormann -- Confessing monotheism in Arabic (at-Tawḥīd): the one God of Abraham and his apologists / Sidney H. Griffith -- Philosophy and theology / Carlos Fraenkel -- Science and creation: the medieval heritage / William E. Carroll -- Mysticism in the Abrahamic religions / Moshe Idel -- Political thought / Antony Black -- Religious dualism and the Abrahamic religions / Yuri Stoyanov -- part V. Rituals and ethics. Prayer / Clemens Leonhard and Martin Lüstraeten -- Purity and defilement / Moshe Blidstein -- Dietary law / David M. Freidenreich -- Life-cycle rites of passage / Harvey E. Goldberg -- The cult of saints and pilgrimage / Yousef Meri -- Religions of love: Judaism, Christianity, Islam / David Nirenberg and Leonardo Capezzone -- Religion and politics in the age of fundamentalisms / Malise Ruthven -- part VI. Epilogues. Jewish and other Abrahamic philosophic arguments for Abrahamic studies / Peter Ochs -- Christian perspectives: settings, theology, practices, and challenges / David F. Ford -- Islamic perspectives / Tariq Ramadan.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2014960132
ISBN9780199697762 (hardback)
ISBN0199697760 (hardback)

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