The Children of Abraham : Judaism, Christianity, Islam /
F.E. Peters, a scholar without peer in the comparative study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, revisits his pioneering work after twenty-five years. Peters has rethought and thoroughly rewritten his classic The Children of Abraham for a new generation of readers-at a time when the understanding o...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[2004]
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Edición: | New. |
Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface to the New 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.