The Quest for a Common Humanity: Human Dignity and Otherness in the Religious Traditions of the Mediterranean - Couverture rigide

Berthelot, Associate Professor Katell

 
9789004201651: The Quest for a Common Humanity: Human Dignity and Otherness in the Religious Traditions of the Mediterranean
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9004201653 ISBN 13 : 9789004201651
Editeur : Brill, 2011

Synopsis

This volume explores the development of the idea of a common humanity for all human beings from Antiquity to the present time focussing on the ""other"" as ""neighbour, enemy, and infidel"", on the interpretation of the Biblical story of Abraham´s sacrifice and on ancient and modern ethical and legal implications of the concept of human dignity.

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À propos de l?auteur

Katell Berthelot is Researcher at the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research), working on the history of Judaism in the Hellenistic and Roman period. She has published mainly on Jewish literature in Greek and on the Dead Sea Scrolls, including two books with Brill (2003 and 2004).
Matthias Morgenstern is Professor of Jewish Studies at Tübingen University. He has published extensively on German-Jewish Neo-Orthodoxy including ""From Frankfurt to Jerusalem. Isaac Breuer and the History of the Secession Dispute in Modern Jewish Orthodoxy"" (Brill, 2002).

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9004201653
ISBN 13 
9789004201651
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
388
Éditeur
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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