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The Oxford Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions Adam J. Silverstein (Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Bar Ilan University)

The Oxford Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions By Adam J. Silverstein (Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Bar Ilan University)

Summary

This Handbook offers a comprehensive discussion of Abrahamic Religions, providing comparative study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

The Oxford Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions Summary

The Oxford Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions by Adam J. Silverstein (Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Bar Ilan University)

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.

The Oxford Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions Reviews

Those interested in interfaith movements and the relationship between Islam, Christianity, and Judaism will find much to benefit in reading The Oxford Handbook of The Abrahamic Religions * Jamin Hubner, Reading Religion *
The Handbook is a useful tool for students and scholars alike that gives a comprehensive insight into the current state of research as well as the desiderata in the field of Abrahamic studies. * Dennis Halft, Trier University, Medieval Encounters *
a valuable resource for any library whose readers wish to engage in serious study of the relationship between the three faiths. * Tom Wilson, Anvil *

About Adam J. Silverstein (Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Bar Ilan University)

Adam J. Silverstein is Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. His research interests include the history of the Middle East from late Antiquity to the Middle Ages, especially the relationships between Abrahamic Religions. His publications include Postal Systems in the Pre-Modern Islamic World^ (2010) and slamic History: A Very Short Introduction (2010). Guy G. Stroumsa is Professor Emeritus of the Study of the Abrahamic Religions at University of Oxford and Martin Buber Professor of Comparative Religion Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He obtained his PhD from Harvard in 1978. Professor Stroumsa received a Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Zurich in 2004, an Alexander von Humboldt Research Award in 2008, and a Chevalier dans l'Ordre du Merite in 2012. He is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He is the author of The Making of the Abrahamic Religions in Late Antiquity (2015). Moshe Blidstein is Postdoctoral fellow at the Martin Buber Society of Fellows at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of Purity, Community, and Ritual in Early Christian Literature (2017).

Table of Contents

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

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The Oxford Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions by Adam J. Silverstein (Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Bar Ilan University)
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