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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: The Classical Texts and Their Interpretation, Volume III : The Works of the Spirit /

Invoking a concept as simple as it is brilliant, F.E. Peters has taken the basic texts of the three related--and competitive--religious systems we call Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and has juxtaposed them in a topical and parallel arrangement according to the issues that most concerned all these...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Peters, F. E. (Francis E.) (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1990]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Volume 1: From covenant to community. The covenant and the history of the chosen people ; From Israelite to Jew: the Post-Exilic reconstruction ; The good news of Jesus Christ ; Muhammad, the Prophet of God ; "A kingdom of priests and a holy nation" ; Priests, princes, and overseers ; The church and the state/the church as the state
  • Volume 2: The word and the law and the people of God. The words of God: revelation and scripture ; On understanding scripture ; Scripture and tradition ; The law of God ; The new convenants ; One God, one faith, one community
  • Volume 3: The works of the spirit. The workshop of God: temple and synagogue ; The worshop of God: church and mosque ; Withdrawal from the world ; The mystics' ascent to God ; Thinking about God ; The last things.