Inheriting Abraham: The Legacy of the Patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

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
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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

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