Inheriting Abraham : The Legacy of the Patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

by Jon D. Levenson

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Format Paperback / Softback

Book Series Library of Jewish Ideas

ISBN-10 0691163553

ISBN-13 9780691163550

Publisher Princeton University Press

Imprint Princeton University Press

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 26th, 2014

Print length 264 Pages

Weight 386 grams

Dimensions 23.50 x 16.00 x 1.80 cms

Product Classification: Interfaith relations History of religion Christianity Islam Judaism

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Jews, Christians, and Muslims supposedly share a common religious heritage in the patriarch Abraham, and the idea that he should serve only as a source of unity among the three traditions has become widespread in both scholarly and popular circles. But in Inheriting Abraham, Jon Levenson reveals how the increasingly conventional notion of the three

How Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have reimagined Abraham in their own images

Jews, Christians, and Muslims supposedly share a common religious heritage in the patriarch Abraham, and the idea that he should serve only as a source of unity among the three traditions has become widespread in both scholarly and popular circles. But in Inheriting Abraham, Jon Levenson reveals how the increasingly conventional notion of the three equally "Abrahamic" religions derives from a dangerous misunderstanding of key biblical and Qur''anic texts, fails to do full justice to any of the traditions, and is often biased against Judaism in subtle and pernicious ways.

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