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Inheriting Abraham : the legacy of the patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam / Jon D. Levenson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levenson, Jon Douglas.
- Series:
- Library of Jewish Ideas
- Library of Jewish ideas
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abraham (Biblical patriarch) in the New Testament.
- Bible. Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Abraham (Biblical patriarch).
- Abraham.
- Abraham (Biblical patriarch)--In rabbinical literature.
- Abraham (Biblical patriarch)--In the Koran.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (263 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction: who was (and is) Abraham?
- Call and commission
- Frustrations and fulfillments
- The test
- The rediscovery of God
- Torah or gospel?
- One Abraham or three?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613923462
- 9781283611015
- 1283611015
- 9781400844616
- 1400844614
- OCLC:
- 845246399
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