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

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The Oxford handbook of the Abrahamic religions

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edited by Adam Silverstein and Guy G. Stroumsa ; associate editor Moshe Blidstein

Oxford handbooks in religion and theology

The Oxford Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions includes authoritative yet accessible studies on a wide variety of topics dealing comparatively with Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as with the interactions between the adherents of these religions throughout history. The comparative study of the Abrahamic Religions has been undertaken for many centuries. More often than not, these studies reflected a polemical rather than an ecumenical approach to the topic. Since the nineteenth century, the comparative study of the Abrahamic Religions has not been pursued either intensively or systematically, and it is only recently that the comparative study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam has received more serious attention. This volume contributes to the emergence and development of the comparative study of the Abrahamic religions, a discipline which is now in its formative stages. This Handbook includes both critical and supportive perspectives on the very concept of the Abrahamic religions and discussions on the role of the figure of Abraham in these religions. It features 32 essays, by the foremost scholars in the field, on the historical interactions between Abrahamic communities; on Holy Scriptures and their interpretation; on conceptions of religious history; on various topics and strands of religious thought, such as monotheism and mysticism; on rituals of prayer, purity, and sainthood, on love in the three religions and on fundamentalism. The volume concludes with three epilogues written by three influential figures in the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities, to provide a broader perspective on the comparative study of the Abrahamic religions. This ground-breaking work introduces readers to the challenges and rewards of studying these three religions together.--, Provided by Publisher

Preface List of Contributors Part I: The Concept of the Abrahamic Religions 1. Abraham and Authenticity, Reuven Firestone 2. Abrahamic Experiments in History, Adam Silverstein 3. Three Rings or Three Impostors? The Comparative Approach to the Abrahamic Religions and its Origins, Guy G. Stroumsa 4. The Abrahamic Religions as a Modern Concept, Mark Silk 5. Philosophical Perspectives, Ré mi Brague 6. Yet Another Abraham, Gil Anidjar Part II: Communities 7. Islamo-Christian Civilization, Richard Bulliet 8. The Abrahamic Religions in the Mediterranean, David Abulafia 9. Justice, Uriel Simonsohn 10. Jews and Muslims in Christian Law and History, John Tolan 11. 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 12. Historical-Critical Readings of the Abrahamic Scriptures, Nicolai Sinai 13. Interpreters of Scripture, Carol Bakhos 14. The Finality of Prophecy, David Powers 15. Apocalypticism, Millenarianism, and Messianism, Lutz Greisiger 16. Religious Dualism and the Abrahamic Religions, Yuri Stoyanov Part IV: Religious Thought 17. The Abrahamic Religions and the Classical Tradition, Peter E. Pormann 18. Confessing Monotheism in Arabic (at-Tawḥīd): The One God of Abraham and His Apologists, Sidney Griffith 19. Philosophy and Theology, Carlos Fraenkel 20. Science and Creation: The Mediaeval Heritage, William E. Carroll 21. Mysticism in the Abrahamic Religions, Moshe Idel 22. Political Thought, Anthony Black Part V: Rituals and Ethics 23. Clemens Leonhard and Martin Lüstraeten, Prayer 24. Purity and Defilement, Moshe Blidstein 25. Dietary Law, David Freidenreich 26. Life-Cycle Rites of Passage, Harvey E. Goldberg 27. The Cult of Saints and Pilgrimage, Yousef Meri 28. Religions of Love: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, David Nirenberg 29. Religion and Politics in the Age of Fundamentalisms, Malise Ruthven Part VI: Epilogues 30. Jewish and other Abrahamic Philosophic Arguments for Abrahamic Studies, Peter Ochs 31. Christian Perspectives: Settings, Theology, Practices, and Challenges, David F. Ford 32. Islamic Perspectives, Tariq Ramadan