The Monotheists: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Conflict and Competition, Volume I: The Peoples of God

Peters, Francis Edward

ISBN 10: 0691114609 / ISBN 13: 9780691114606

Edité par Princeton University Press (edition First Edition), 2003

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• Titre: The Monotheists: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Conflict and Competition, Volume I: The Peoples of God
• Éditeur: Princeton University Press (edition First Edition)
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0691114609
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780691114606
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

The world's three great monotheistic religions have spent most of their historical careers in conflict or competition with each other. And yet in fact they sprung from the same spiritual roots and have been nurtured in the same historical soil. This book - a comprehensive and approachable comparative introduction to these religions - seeks not so much to demonstrate the truth of this thesis as to illustrate it. Frank Peters takes Judaism, Christianity and Islam and after briefly tracing the roots of each, places them side-by-side to show both their similarities and their differences. Volume I, "The Peoples of God", tells the story of the foundation and formation of the three monotheistic communities, of their visible, historical presence. Volume II, "The Words and Will of God", is devoted to their inner life, the spirit that animates and regulates them. Peters takes us to where these religions live: their scriptures, laws, institutions and intentions; how each seeks to worship God and achieve salvation; and how they deal with their own (orthodox and heterodox) and with others (the goyim, the pagans, the infidels). Throughout, he measures - but never judges - one religion against the other. "The Monotheists" is an authoritative comparison, for students and general readers as well as scholars, of the parties to one of the most troubling issues of today - the fierce, sometimes productive and often destructive, competition among the world's monotheists, the siblings called Jews, Christians and Muslims.

À propos de l?auteur

F. E. Peters is Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Hebrew and Judaic Studies, and History at New York University. His books include "Islam: A Guide for Jews and Christians"; "Judaism, Christianity, and Islam"; and "The Children of Abraham" (all Princeton).