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- Paperback
- Book Title
- The Children of Abraham
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- Book
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- Yes
- ISBN
- 9780691127699
- Subject Area
- Religion
- Publication Name
- Children of Abraham : Judaism, Christianity, Islam-New Edition
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Item Length
- 8.4 in
- Subject
- Islam / History, Judaism / History, Comparative Religion, Christianity / General, History
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Author
- Francis Edward Peters
- Features
- Revised
- Item Weight
- 1 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 264 Pages
- Country of Origin
- United States
The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam – New Edition…
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691127697
ISBN-13
9780691127699
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53924173
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Publication Name
Children of Abraham : Judaism, Christianity, Islam-New Edition
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Subject
Islam / History, Judaism / History, Comparative Religion, Christianity / General, History
Features
Revised
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
1 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2019-301492
Reviews
” The Children of Abraham is one of the first synoptic presentations of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam that compares the structures of the three religions without asserting the superiority of any one of them. Fully revised, this new edition reflects current scholarship in the field and contains new footnotes and chapter subheads that make it even more user friendly than before. The book will appeal to teachers of comparative religion as well as to historians looking for a concise narrative about Christianity, Judaism, or Islam. The general reader will find it engaging, too.” –Mark Cohen, Princeton University, The new edition of Francis E. Peters’ The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam . . . is written in a direct and accessible style with thorough and nuanced discussions of each of the three Abrahamic traditions. It is a welcome contribution for a new generation of readers facing an international political environment where respectful engagement is imperative. Updated footnotes provide expert guidance to the highly complex issues. . . . We have to try our best to understand other religions and our own. Perhaps Peters’ book can help us in this. — Horst Jesse, European Legacy, The new edition of Francis E. Peters’ The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam . . . is written in a direct and accessible style with thorough and nuanced discussions of each of the three Abrahamic traditions. It is a welcome contribution for a new generation of readers facing an international political environment where respectful engagement is imperative. Updated footnotes provide expert guidance to the highly complex issues. . . . We have to try our best to understand other religions and our own. Perhaps Peters’ book can help us in this. —Horst Jesse, European Legacy, ” The Children of Abraham is a concise introduction to the work of a scholar who thinks about every aspect of Judaism, Christianity, or Islam ‘in triplicate.’ This new edition deserves a warm welcome.” –Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography and Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God, The new edition of Francis E. Peters’ The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam . . . is written in a direct and accessible style with thorough and nuanced discussions of each of the three Abrahamic traditions. It is a welcome contribution for a new generation of readers facing an international political environment where respectful engagement is imperative. Updated footnotes provide expert guidance to the highly complex issues. . . . We have to try our best to understand other religions and our own. Perhaps Peters’ book can help us in this., “The new edition of Francis E. Peters’ The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam . . . is written in a direct and accessible style with thorough and nuanced discussions of each of the three Abrahamic traditions. It is a welcome contribution for a new generation of readers facing an international political environment where respectful engagement is imperative. Updated footnotes provide expert guidance to the highly complex issues. . . . We have to try our best to understand other religions and our own. Perhaps Peters’ book can help us in this.”– Horst Jesse, European Legacy, “I know of no more measured and thoughtful historical survey of the formative development of the conjoined tradition of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic thought and practice than this one.” –William A. Graham, Dean, Harvard Divinity School, “As John L. Esposito makes clear in his helpful foreword, Professor F.E. Peters’ revision of this important, accessible discussion of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition is a welcome contribution for a new generation of readers facing an international political environment where respectful engagement is imperative.” — Jewish Book World, “As John L. Esposito makes clear in his helpful foreword, Professor F.E. Peters’ revision of this important, accessible discussion of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition is a welcome contribution for a new generation of readers facing an international political environment where respectful engagement is imperative.”– Jewish Book World, “The new edition of Francis E. Peters’ The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam . . . is written in a direct and accessible style with thorough and nuanced discussions of each of the three Abrahamic traditions. It is a welcome contribution for a new generation of readers facing an international political environment where respectful engagement is imperative. Updated footnotes provide expert guidance to the highly complex issues. . . . We have to try our best to understand other religions and our own. Perhaps Peters’ book can help us in this.” —Horst Jesse, European Legacy, As John L. Esposito makes clear in his helpful foreword, Professor F.E. Peters’ revision of this important, accessible discussion of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition is a welcome contribution for a new generation of readers facing an international political environment where respectful engagement is imperative., “The new edition of Francis E. Peters The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam . . . is written in a direct and accessible style with thorough and nuanced discussions of each of the three Abrahamic traditions. It is a welcome contribution for a new generation of readers facing an international political environment where respectful engagement is imperative. Updated footnotes provide expert guidance to the highly complex issues. . . . We have to try our best to understand other religions and our own. Perhaps Peters book can help us in this.”– Horst Jesse, European Legacy, “For many years this book has occupied a treasured spot on my shelves and I have recommended it countless times. A new, substantially rewritten edition could not be more welcome. There is simply no other volume that presents such broad erudition in a compact, accessible, and beautifully written format.” –Jane Dammen McAuliffe, general editor of the Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an, “The new edition of Francis E. Peters’ The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam . . . is written in a direct and accessible style with thorough and nuanced discussions of each of the three Abrahamic traditions. It is a welcome contribution for a new generation of readers facing an international political environment where respectful engagement is imperative. Updated footnotes provide expert guidance to the highly complex issues. . . . We have to try our best to understand other religions and our own. Perhaps Peters’ book can help us in this.” –Horst Jesse, European Legacy, The new edition of Francis E. Peters’The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam. . . is written in a direct and accessible style with thorough and nuanced discussions of each of the three Abrahamic traditions. It is a welcome contribution for a new generation of readers facing an international political environment where respectful engagement is imperative. Updated footnotes provide expert guidance to the highly complex issues. . . . We have to try our best to understand other religions and our own. Perhaps Peters’ book can help us in this. — Horst Jesse, European Legacy, The new edition of Francis E. Peters’The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam. . . is written in a direct and accessible style with thorough and nuanced discussions of each of the three Abrahamic traditions. It is a welcome contribution for a new generation of readers facing an international political environment where respectful engagement is imperative. Updated footnotes provide expert guidance to the highly complex issues. . . . We have to try our best to understand other religions and our own. Perhaps Peters’ book can help us in this., As John L. Esposito makes clear in his helpful foreword, Professor F.E. Peters’ revision of this important, accessible discussion of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition is a welcome contribution for a new generation of readers facing an international political environment where respectful engagement is imperative. — Jewish Book World
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
201.4
Table Of Content
Foreword by John L.Esposito ix Preface to the New Edition xv Preface xvii INTRODUCTION The Scriptures: Some Preliminary Notions 1 CHAPTER ONE The Promise and the Heirs 7 CHAPTER TWO A Contested Inheritance 21 CHAPTER THREE Community and Hierarchy 41 CHAPTER FOUR The Law 67 CHAPTER FIVE Scripture and Tradition 85 CHAPTER SIX The Worship of God 103 CHAPTER SEVEN Renunciation and Aspiration 116 CHAPTER EIGHT Thinking and Talking about God 138 EPILOGUE Sacred History 167 Notes 173 Glossary 213 Index 227
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
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 of these three religious traditions has taken on a new and critical urgency. He began writing about all three faiths in the 1970s, long before it was fashionable to treat Islam in the context of Judaism and Christianity, or to align all three for a family portrait. In this updated edition, he lays out the similarities and differences of the three religious siblings with great clarity and succinctness and with that same remarkable objectivity that is the hallmark of all the author’s work. Peters traces the three faiths from the sixth century B.C., when the Jews returned to Palestine from exile in Babylonia, to the time in the Middle Ages when they approached their present form. He points out that all three faith groups, whom the Muslims themselves refer to as “People of the Book,” share much common ground. Most notably, each embraces the practice of worshipping a God who intervenes in history on behalf of His people. The book’s text is direct and accessible with thorough and nuanced discussions of each of the three religions. Updated footnotes provide the reader with expert guidance into the highly complex issues that lie between every line of this stunning and timely new edition of The Children of Abraham. ?, Peters, a scholar without peer in the comparative study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, has thoroughly rewritten his classic book for a new generation of readers at a time when the understanding of these three religious traditions has taken on a new and critical urgency.
LC Classification Number
BM157.P47 2006
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