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The Family of Abraham - Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Interpretations (Hardcover)
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The Family of Abraham - Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Interpretations (Hardcover)
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The term "Abrahamic religions" has gained considerable currency in
both scholarly and ecumenical circles as a way of referring to
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In The Family of Abraham, Carol
Bakhos steps back from this convention to ask a frequently
overlooked question: What, in fact, is Abrahamic about these three
faiths? Exploring diverse stories and interpretations relating to
the portrayal of Abraham, she reveals how he is venerated in these
different scriptural traditions and how scriptural narratives have
been pressed into service for nonreligious purposes. Grounding her
study in a close examination of ancient Jewish textual practices,
primarily midrash, as well as medieval Muslim Stories of the
Prophets and the writings of the early Church Fathers, Bakhos
demonstrates that ancient and early-medieval readers often
embellished the image of Abraham and his family--Sarah, Hagar,
Ishmael, and Isaac. Her analysis dismantles pernicious
misrepresentations of Abraham's firstborn son, Ishmael, and
provocatively challenges contemporary references to Judaism and
Islam as sibling religions. As Bakhos points out, an uncritical
adoption of the term "Abrahamic religions" not only blinds us to
the diverse interpretations and traditions of Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam but also artificially separates these
faiths from their historical contexts. In correcting mistaken
assumptions about the narrative and theological significance of
Abraham, The Family of Abraham sheds new light on key figures of
three world religions.
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