The Oxford Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions
Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions
edited by Adam J. Silverstein, Guy G Stroumsa, Adam Silverstein
- 1st ed.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2015.
- 1 online resource (636 pages)
- Oxford Handbooks Series .
- Oxford Handbooks Series .
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Cover -- The Oxford Handbook o fthe Abrahamic Religions -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I: The Concept of the Abrahamic Religions -- Chapter 1: Abraham and Authenticity -- Abraham as Homo Religiosus -- Abraham in the Hebrew Bible -- Abraham as Founder of Sacred Sites -- Abraham's Community and the Divine Promise -- Abraham as Obedient Servant of God -- Abraham as Covenantal Partner -- Abraham as the Friend of God -- Abraham in the New Testament -- The Abraham of the Gospels -- The Abraham of the Epistles: Faith Trumps Obedience and Spirit Trumps Law -- Spiritual Lineage Trumps Genealogy -- The Covenant of the New Testament -- Abraham in the Quran -- Abraham Reasons God's Unity -- Abraham Builds the Meccan Sanctuary -- Abraham as Muslim -- Abraham and Covenant -- Abraham in the Oral Torah -- Abraham's Merit Passes to his Children -- Abraham was a Jew -- The Covenant with Jews Endures Forever -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Yet another Abraham -- Provincializing Religion -- Phrases in Dispute -- Constructive Criticism -- References -- Chapter 3: Abrahamic Experiments in History -- Abraham as a Unifying Figure -- Recognition of Shared Attributes amongst Abrahamic Religions -- References -- Chapter 4: Three Rings or Three Impostors? The Comparative Approach to the Abrahamic Religions and its Origins -- Comparative Religion in The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- A Theological Triangle -- 'Abrahamic Religions' in Pre-Modern Times -- The Abrahamic Eclipse -- Suggested Reading -- References -- Chapter 5: The Abrahamic Religions as a Modern Concept -- References -- Chapter 6: The Concept of the Abrahamic Religions, Problems and Pitfalls -- Three monotheisms? -- Monotheism is not Essentially Religious -- There are not Only Three Monotheisms. Do Monotheism and Polytheism Simply Oppose One Another? -- The Real Question -- Islamic Monotheism -- A Mutual Recognition of the Monotheisms? -- Three religions of abraham? -- The Common Personages -- The Same Abraham? -- Three Religions of Abraham, or Only One? -- Three religions of the book? -- A Deceptive Expression -- Three Very Different Books -- The Old Testament -- The New Testament -- The Quran -- Three Relations to the Book -- Judaism -- Christianity -- Islam -- The Idea of Revelation -- Three religions? -- How do the Three Religions Distinguish Themselves from Each Other? -- Three Books? -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Communities -- Chapter 7: Islamo-Christian Civilization -- Hellenism -- Abrahamic Scripture -- Sin and Salvation -- Spirituality and Mysticism -- Conversion -- State and Law -- Violence and Toleration -- Word and Language -- Clergy -- Education and Mission -- The Future of Islamo-Christian Civilization -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 8: The Abrahamic Religions in the Mediterranean -- I: A Meeting-Point for the Three Religions -- II: Fuzzy Boundaries -- III: Solid Boundaries -- IV: A Fractured Mediterranean -- References -- chapter 9: Justice -- Scriptural Models -- Principles of Praxis -- Rabbinic Justice -- Ecclesiastical Justice -- Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Justice -- Justice in the Early Islamic Period -- Judicial Centralization in the Context of Social Fragmentation -- Gaonic Centres vis-�a-vis Regional Communities -- The Ecclesiastical Leadership and the Challenges of Legal Diversity and Internal Divisions -- Caliphs and Scholars -- Institutional Multiplicity -- Ordained, Expert, and Lay Rabbanite Judges -- Ecclesiastical and Non-ecclesiastical Judicial Authorities -- Islamic Judicial Diversity -- Conclusion: Justice and Community -- References -- Chapter 10: jews and muslims in christian law and history. 1. Jews and Christian Rome -- A. Jews in Roman and Byzantine Law -- B. Jews in the Emerging Christian Conception of History -- 2. The Middle Ages and Early Modernity -- A. Irruption of the Saracens into the Christian Scheme of History, Seventh to Thirteenth Centuries -- B. Jews and Muslims in Christendom: Thirteenth to Fifteenth Centuries -- C. Christian History as Seen in the Sixteenth Century: Martin Luther -- 3. Secularization of European Society and Changing Notions Of Judaism and Islam -- A. Towards Religious Relativism? -- B. The Emancipation of the Jews -- Abbreviations used -- References -- Chapter 11: Beyond exclusivism in the middle ages: On the Three Rings, the Three Impostors, and the Discourse of Multiplicity -- Introduction -- I: The Tales of The Three and The One and The Discourse of Multiplicity -- The Tales of the Three and the One -- Secular Literature -- Theological Genres -- Legal Literature and Juridical Acts -- The Discourse of Multiplicity -- II: On Human and Religious Respect In Medieval Discourse -- Analytical Models -- Anthropological Universalism -- Inclusivism -- a. Dogmatic inclusivism -- b. Soteriological inclusivism -- Religious Scepticism and Individualistic Faith -- Pluralism: Dogmatic or Soteriological -- a. Denominational pluralism -- b. Interreligious pluralism -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Scripture Andhermeneutics -- Chapter 12: Historical-Critical Readings of the Abrahamic Scriptures -- The Hermeneutics of Traditional Scriptural Exegesis -- Spinoza's Understanding of Historical-Critical Hermeneutics -- The Origins of the Historical-Critical Approach -- Biblical Criticism after 1700 -- The Historical-Critical Study of the Quran -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 13: Interpreters of Scripture -- Ancient Jewish Biblical Interpretation -- Compilations of Midrash -- Midrashic Methods. Christian Biblical Interpretation -- Quranic Exegesis -- References -- Chapter 14: The Finality of Prophecy -- Prophets in the Hebrew Bible and in Post-biblical Texts -- Prophecy in the New Testament -- Prophetic Movements in Late Antiquity -- A New Arabian Prophet -- The Finality of Prophecy -- Prophetology in the Quran -- The Chronology of Revelation -- The Redaction of the Quran -- Two Options-In Lieu of a Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Chapter 15: Apocalypticism, Millenarianism, and Messianism -- Introduction: Endings and Beginnings -- Research -- Terms, Types, and Features -- Dynamics -- Endings and Beginnings in History -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV: Religious Thought -- Chapter 16: The Abrahamic Religions and the Classical Tradition -- Christian Apologetic Literature -- Wisdom of Greek (Ḥokhmat Yevanit) -- Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement -- Maimonides between Medicine and Speculative Theology -- Interest in Greek and Latin at the Ottoman Court -- Classical Studies and Islam's Modernity -- Conclusions -- Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 17: Concessing Monotheism in Arabic (At-Tawḥīd): The one God of Abraham and his Apologists -- I The 'Oneness' of The One God -- II Interreligious Philosophy in Tenth-Century Baghdad -- III God-Talk in Arabic -- IV The Logic of Monotheism -- V Contesting The Trebling of God's 'Oneness' -- VI Intellectual Encounters in Islamicate Society -- References -- Chapter 18: Philosophy and Theology -- 1. Introduction: Abraham the Philosopher? -- 2. The Intellectual Setting: Al-Ghazali's Deliverance from Error -- 3. Methodological Considerations -- 4. Theology (Kalam) -- 5. Philosophy (Falsafa) -- 6. Epilogue: Philosophy and Theology in the Latin West -- References -- Chapter 19: Science and Creation: The Medieval Heritage -- Medieval Islam. The Jewish Tradition and Maimonides -- The Christian West and Thomas Aquinas -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 20: Mysticism in the Abrahamic Religions -- 1. Mysticism as Intensification of Performance, and Contact -- 2. Methodological Warnings -- 3. Mystical Techniques in Abrahamic Religions -- 4. Mystical Theologies -- 5. Divine Names -- 6. Sacred Scriptures and The Graeco-Hellenistic Reservoir -- 7. Other Influences -- 8. Mystical Union -- 9. Mysticism and Extraordinary Powers -- 10. Personal Redemption and Eschatology -- 11. Social Frameworks for Mystics -- 12. Languages and their Implications -- 13. Mutual Influences -- References -- Chapter 21: Political Thought -- Introduction -- Religion and Politics -- Land and Conquest -- Lineage -- Law -- The People -- Government -- Political Philosophy -- Modern Political Thought -- Conclusion -- References and Suggested Reading -- Chapter 22: Religious Dualism and the Abrahamic Religions -- History of Research -- Definitions of Religious Dualism and the Abrahamic Religions -- Varieties/Typologies of Religious Dualism and the Abrahamic Religions -- Religious Dualism and the Study of Abrahamic Religions -- References -- Part V: Rituals and Ethics -- Chapter 23: Prayer -- 1. Liturgy and Prayer as Performance: Typical Gestures and Postures -- 2. Texts -- 3. Communal and Solitary Prayer -- 4. Space and Time -- 4.1 Prayer and Space -- 4.2 sTRUCTURES OF tIMETHESERITES⸀$1!2&!3O䄀-8w(B -- 5. Establishing and Crossing Borderlines -- 6. Changes of Liturgies and Customs -- 7. Concluding Observations -- References -- Chapter 24: Purity and Defilement -- Major Sources and Domains of Impurity -- a. Bodily Events -- i. Death -- ii. Birth -- iii. Genital emissions -- iv. Sexual relations -- b. Sin -- c. Social Groups -- i. Foreigners -- ii. Hierarchy, elites, heretics, and deviants -- d. The Demonic. Interactions, Influences, and Comparisons.
This Handbook offers a comprehensive discussion of Abrahamic Religions, providing comparative study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
9780191062575
Christentum Islam Judentum; Monotheismus; Religionsvergleich