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Crossing confessional boundaries : exemplary lives in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions / John Renard.
LIBRA BL96 .R46 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Renard, John, 1944- author.
- Series:
- S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
- The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abrahamic religions--Mediterranean Region--History--To 1500.
- Abrahamic religions.
- Hagiography--History and criticism.
- Hagiography.
- Saints--History--To 1500.
- Saints.
- Abrahamic religions--Relations.
- Christian hagiography--History--To 1500.
- Christian hagiography.
- History.
- Islamic hagiography.
- Jewish hagiography.
- Relations.
- Mediterranean Region.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 345 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Exemplary lives in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Arguably the single most important element in Abrahamic cross-confessional relations has been an ongoing mutual interest in perennial spiritual and ethical exemplars of one another's communities. Ranging from Late Antiquity through the Middle Ages, Crossing Confessional Boundaries explores the complex roles played by saints, sages, and Friends of God in the communal and intercommunal lives of Christians, Muslims, and Jews across the Mediterranean world, from Spain and North Africa to the Middle East to the Balkans. By examining these stories in their broad institutional, social, and cultural contexts, Crossing Confessional Boundaries reveals unique theological insights into the interlocking histories of the Abrahamic faiths"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Metaphor, method, and the three "sources" of hagiographic narrative
- Part one. Geographies shared - Historical/anthropological perspectives
- Part two. Hagiographies compared - literary perspectives: form, content, and function
- Part three. Dramatis personae: history, authority, and community.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-326) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Renard, John, 1944- Crossing confessional boundaries
- ISBN:
- 9780520287914
- 0520287916
- 9780520287921
- 0520287924
- OCLC:
- 1119608702
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