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The Children of Abraham - Judaism, Christianity, Islam (Paperback, 2 Ed)
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The Children of Abraham - Judaism, Christianity, Islam (Paperback, 2 Ed)
Series: Princeton Classics
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F. E. Peters, a scholar without peer in the comparative study of
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, revisits his pioneering work.
Peters has rethought and thoroughly rewritten his classic The
Children of Abraham for a new generation of readers-at a time when
the understanding of these three religious traditions has taken on
a new and critical urgency. He began writing about all three faiths
in the 1970s, long before it was fashionable to treat Islam in the
context of Judaism and Christianity, or to align all three for a
family portrait. In this updated edition, he lays out the
similarities and differences of the three religious siblings with
great clarity and succinctness and with that same remarkable
objectivity that is the hallmark of all the author's work. Peters
traces the three faiths from the sixth century B.C., when the Jews
returned to Palestine from exile in Babylonia, to the time in the
Middle Ages when they approached their present form. He points out
that all three faith groups, whom the Muslims themselves refer to
as "People of the Book," share much common ground. Most notably,
each embraces the practice of worshipping a God who intervenes in
history on behalf of His people. The book's text is direct and
accessible with thorough and nuanced discussions of each of the
three religions. Footnotes provide the reader with expert guidance
into the highly complex issues that lie between every line of this
stunning edition of The Children of Abraham. Complete with a new
preface by the author, this Princeton Classics edition presents
this landmark study to a new generation of readers.
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