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The monotheists : Jews, Christians, and Muslims in conflict and competition. Volume I, The peoples of God /

The world's three great monotheistic religions have spent most of their historical careers in conflict or competition with each other. And yet in fact they sprung from the same spiritual roots and have been nurtured in the same historical soil. This book--an extraordinarily comprehensive and ap...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Peters, F. E. (Francis E.)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2003.
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Résumé:The world's three great monotheistic religions have spent most of their historical careers in conflict or competition with each other. And yet in fact they sprung from the same spiritual roots and have been nurtured in the same historical soil. This book--an extraordinarily comprehensive and approachable comparative introduction to these religions--seeks not so much to demonstrate the truth of this thesis as to illustrate it. Frank Peters, one of the world's foremost experts on the monotheistic faiths, takes Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and after briefly tracing the roots of each, places.
Description:Includes index.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xxiii, 328 pages)
ISBN:9781400825707
1400825709