The Abrahamic religions : a very short introduction /
In the book of Genesis, God bestows a new name upon Abram--Abraham, a father of many nations. With this name and his Covenant, Abraham would become the patriarch of three of the world's major religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Connected by their mutual--if differentiated--veneration o...
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New York, NY, United States of America :
Oxford University Press,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- The Jewish matrix (1200 BCE-70 CE)
- Jews, gentiles and Christians (200 BCE-200 CE)
- Constructing Judaism and Christianity (70 CE-1054 CE)
- Islam : religion, politics, and the state (600-1258)
- Medieval interactions (700-1500)
- Reform and Enlightenment (1500-1900)
- Modern encounters (1500-2010)
- Epilogue.