The Children of Abraham : : Judaism, Christianity, Islam / / Francis Edward Peters.

F.E. Peters, a scholar without peer in the comparative study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, revisits his pioneering work. Peters has rethought and thoroughly rewritten his classic The Children of Abraham for a new generation of readers-at a time when the understanding of these three religious...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Princeton Classics ; 83
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Princeton Classics Edition
  • Preface
  • Introduction. The Scriptures: Some Preliminary Notions
  • Chapter one. The Promise and the Heirs
  • Chapter two. A Contested Inheritance
  • Chapter three. Community and Hierarchy
  • Chapter four. The Law
  • Chapter five. Scripture and Tradition
  • Chapter six. The Worship of God
  • Chapter seven. Renunciation and Aspiration
  • Chapter eight. Thinking and Talking about God
  • Epilogue: Sacred History
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Index