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The Oxford Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions (2015) is a volume edited by Adam J. Silverstein and Guy G. Stroumsa; with the assistance of Moshe Blidstein.

Abstract

"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."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2015.

Contents

Part I. The Concept of the Abrahamic Religions.

• Abraham and authenticity / Reuven Firestone -- Yet another Abraham / Gil Anidjar -- Abrahamic experiments in history / Adam J. Silverstein -- Three rings or three impostors? The comparative approach to the Abrahamic religions and its origins / Guy G. Stroumsa -- The Abrahamic religions as a modern concept / Mark Silk -- The concept of the Abrahamic religions, problems and pitfalls / Rémi Brague --

Part II. Communities.

• Islamo-Christian civilization / Richard W. Bulliet -- The Abrahamic religions in the Mediterranean / David Abulafia -- Justice / Uriel Simonsohn -- Jews and Muslims in Christian law and history / John Tolan -- Beyond exclusivism in the Middle Ages: on the three rings, the three impostors, and the discourse of multiplicity / Dorothea Weltecke

part III. Scripture and Hermeneutics.

• Historical-critical readings of the Abrahamic scriptures / Nicolai Sinai -- Interpreters of scripture / Carol Bakhos -- The finality of prophecy / David S. Powers -- Apocalypticism, millenarianism, and messianism / Lutz Greisiger

part IV. Religious Thought.

• The Abrahamic religions and the classical tradition / Peter E. Pormann -- Confessing monotheism in Arabic (at-Tawhid): the one God of Abraham and his apologists / Sidney H. Griffith -- Philosophy and theology / Carlos Fraenkel -- Science and creation: the medieval heritage / William E. Carroll -- Mysticism in the Abrahamic religions / Moshe Idel -- Political thought / Antony Black -- Religious dualism and the Abrahamic religions / Yuri Stoyanov

part V. Rituals and Ethics.

• Prayer / Clemens Leonhard and Martin Lüstraeten -- Purity and defilement / Moshe Blidstein -- Dietary law / David M. Freidenreich -- Life-cycle rites of passage / Harvey E. Goldberg -- The cult of saints and pilgrimage / Yousef Meri -- Religions of love: Judaism, Christianity, Islam / David Nirenberg and Leonardo Capezzone -- Religion and politics in the age of fundamentalisms / Malise Ruthven

part VI. Epilogues.

• Jewish and other Abrahamic philosophic arguments for Abrahamic studies / Peter Ochs
• Christian perspectives: settings, theology, practices, and challenges / David F. Ford
• Islamic perspectives / Tariq Ramadan.

External links

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