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The making of a forefather : Abraham in Islamic and Jewish exegetical narratives /

This comparative analysis examines the Islamic and Jewish exegetical narratives ["hadith/isas al-anbiya" and "midrash aggadah"] on the early life of the forefather Abraham. It reveals how the traditions utilized one another's materials in creating and re-creating the patriar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lowin, Shari L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.
Colección:Islamic history and civilization ; v. 65.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • TRANSLITERATIONS AND NOTATIONS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • EXCURSUS: OVERVIEW OF SCHOLARSHIP ON MUSLIM-JEWISH INTERTEXTUALITY
  • CHAPTER ONE: PROPHECY AND THE PRE-NATAL PATRIARCH
  • CHAPTER TWO: INDEPENDENT INTELLECT OR "RIGHTLY GUIDED" : THE PATRIARCH DISCOVERS GOD
  • APPENDIX
  • BT Baba Batra 10a
  • Pirqei de-Rabbi Eliezer, Chapter 26
  • The Kingdom of Heaven: Genesis 15:1-7, Qur'an 6:74-78
  • From "Azkir Gevurot" of Yose ben Yose (c. 4th-5th century CE) (lines 79-86)
  • CHAPTER THREE: ON FINGER-FOOD, WET-NURSES, AND FATE
  • APPENDIX BT Sotah 11b
  • CHAPTER FOUR: THE FABULOUS FIRE-FIGHTING FROGS OF CHALDEA
  • APPENDIX
  • Qurʼan 21:51-71
  • BT Sanhedrin 74a
  • Genesis Rabbah 38:13
  • CHAPTER FIVE: ABRAHAM, IBRAHIM, MOSES, AND MUHAMMAD
  • APPENDICES
  • APPENDIX A: CUANDO EL REY NIMROD
  • APPENDIX B: ISLAMIC PRIMARY SOURCES
  • APPENDIX C: MIDRASHIC PRIMARY SOURCES
  • WORKS CITED
  • INDEX.