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 understa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Peters, Francis E. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press 2018.
Edición:New Princeton Classics pbk ed
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Princeton classics.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b40572468*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Princeton Classics 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.