Inheriting Abraham: The Legacy of the Patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
written by Jon D. Levenson, 1949- (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2012, originally published 2012), 264 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- Jews, Christians, and Muslims supposedly share a common religious heritage in the patriarch Abraham, and the idea that he should serve only as a source of unity among the three traditions has become widespread in both scholarly and popular circles. But in Inheriting Abraham, Jon Levenson reveals how the increasingly conventional notion of the three equally 'Abrahamic' religions derives from a dangerous misunderstanding of key biblical and Qur'anic texts, fails to do full justice to any of the traditions, and is often biased against Judaism in subtle and pernicious ways.
- Field of Interest
- Religion & Thought
- Author
- Jon D. Levenson, 1949-
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2012 by Princeton University Press
- Content Type
- Book
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Format
- Text
- Original Publication Date
- 2012
- Page Count
- 264
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place Published / Released
- Princeton, NJ
- Subject
- Religion & Thought, Social Sciences, Community, Belief Systems, المجتمع, Umma, Jama'a, Communauté, Gemeinde, קְהִלָה, Comunidade, Comunidad, Systèmes de croyances, النظم العقائدية, Glaubenssysteme, מערכות אמונה, Sistema de Creencias, Sistema de Crenças, Abraham (Biblical figure), Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Social Views, Theology, Bible, Interpretation of
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- المجتمع, Umma, Jama'a, Communauté, Gemeinde, קְהִלָה, Comunidade, Comunidad, Systèmes de croyances, النظم العقائدية, Glaubenssysteme, מערכות אמונה, Sistema de Creencias, Sistema de Crenças