Inheriting Abraham: The Legacy of the Patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Book
No Media

This item doesn’t have any media yet

Inheriting Abraham: The Legacy of the Patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

2014 | Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences

Jews, Christians, and Muslims supposedly share a common religious heritage in the patriarch Abraham, and the idea that he should serve only as a source of unity among the three traditions has become widespread in both scholarly and popular circles. But in Inheriting Abraham, Jon Levenson reveals how the increasingly conventional notion of the three equally "Abrahamic" religions derives from a dangerous misunderstanding of key biblical and Qur'anic texts, fails to do full justice to any of the traditions, and is often biased against Judaism in subtle and pernicious ways.



Published by Princeton University Press

Edition Unknown
ISBN 9780691163550
Language N/A

Images And Data Courtesy Of: Princeton University Press.
This content (including text, images, videos and other media) is published and used in accordance with Fair Use.