The children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam

F.E. Peters, a scholar without peer in the comparative study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, revisits his pioneering work after twenty-five years. Peters has rethought and thoroughly rewritten his classic The Children of Abraham for a new generation of readers-at a time when the understanding o...

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Main Author: Peters, Francis E. 1927-2020 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton ; Oxford Princeton University Press 2018
Edition:New Princeton Classics paperback edition with a new preface by the author
Series:Princeton Classics
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Summary:F.E. Peters, a scholar without peer in the comparative study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, revisits his pioneering work after twenty-five years. 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 ed
Physical Description:xv, 237 Seiten
ISBN:0691181039
9780691127699
9780691181035