In Shared Stories, Rival Tellings, Robert Gregg performs a comparative investigation of how Jewish, Christian, and Muslim interpreters developed their distinctive and exclusionary understandings of narratives common to their three Holy Books
In Shared Stories, Rival Tellings, Robert Gregg performs a comparative investigation of how Jewish, Christian, and Muslim interpreters developed their distinctive and exclusionary understandings of narratives common to their three Holy Books
Robert C. Gregg is Professor in Religious Studies, Emeritus, at Stanford University.
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* Prologue * Part I: Cain and Abel/Qabil and Habil * Preview: Chapters 1-3 The first murder * Chapter 1: Cain's fratricide: rabbis and other early Jewish writers judge the case * Chapter 2: Cain and Abel in Early Christian Writings and Art * Chapter 3: Muslims on "...the story of the two sons of Adam" * Comparative Summary: Cain and Abel/Qabil and Habil * Part II: Sarah and Hagar: Mothers to Three Families * Preview: Chapters 4-6 Abraham's rival wives * Chapter 4: Sarah and Hagar: Jewish portrayals * Chapter 5: Sarah and Hagar in Christian interpretations * Chapter 6: Hagar and Ishmael, Ibrahim's family in Mecca * Comparative Summary: Sarah and Hagar: Mothers to three families * Part III: Joseph's Temptation by his Egyptian Master's Wife * Preview: Chapters 7-9 Joseph/Yusuf and the Temptress * Chapter 7: Joseph and Potiphar's wife--Jewish interpretations * Chapter 8: Joseph put to the test--Christian sermons and art * Chapter 9: Yusuf with Zulaykha * Comparative Summary: Joseph's temptation by his Egyptian master's wife * Part IV: Jonah the Angry Prophet * Preview: Chapters 10-12 "The one of the fish" * Chapter 10: Jonah, Nineveh, the Great Fish, and God: Jews ponder the story * Chapter 11: Jonah and Jesus: In One Story, Two. * Chapter 12: Islam's Yunus: from anger to praise * Comparative Summary: Jonah the angry prophet * Part V: Mary, Miriam, Maryam * Preview: Chapters 13-15 Mary through three religions' eyes * Chapter 13: Mary's Story in Christian imagination: from Jewish maiden to ever-Virgin to Heavenly Advocate * Chapter 14: Miriam, mother of Yeshu the false messiah: Jewish counter-stories * Chapter 15: Islam's Maryam: "chosen...above the women of the worlds" * Comparative Summary: Mary, Miriam, Maryam * Epilogue * Endnotes * Works Cited/Bibliography * Index
* Prologue * Part I: Cain and Abel/Qabil and Habil * Preview: Chapters 1-3 The first murder * Chapter 1: Cain's fratricide: rabbis and other early Jewish writers judge the case * Chapter 2: Cain and Abel in Early Christian Writings and Art * Chapter 3: Muslims on "...the story of the two sons of Adam" * Comparative Summary: Cain and Abel/Qabil and Habil * Part II: Sarah and Hagar: Mothers to Three Families * Preview: Chapters 4-6 Abraham's rival wives * Chapter 4: Sarah and Hagar: Jewish portrayals * Chapter 5: Sarah and Hagar in Christian interpretations * Chapter 6: Hagar and Ishmael, Ibrahim's family in Mecca * Comparative Summary: Sarah and Hagar: Mothers to three families * Part III: Joseph's Temptation by his Egyptian Master's Wife * Preview: Chapters 7-9 Joseph/Yusuf and the Temptress * Chapter 7: Joseph and Potiphar's wife--Jewish interpretations * Chapter 8: Joseph put to the test--Christian sermons and art * Chapter 9: Yusuf with Zulaykha * Comparative Summary: Joseph's temptation by his Egyptian master's wife * Part IV: Jonah the Angry Prophet * Preview: Chapters 10-12 "The one of the fish" * Chapter 10: Jonah, Nineveh, the Great Fish, and God: Jews ponder the story * Chapter 11: Jonah and Jesus: In One Story, Two. * Chapter 12: Islam's Yunus: from anger to praise * Comparative Summary: Jonah the angry prophet * Part V: Mary, Miriam, Maryam * Preview: Chapters 13-15 Mary through three religions' eyes * Chapter 13: Mary's Story in Christian imagination: from Jewish maiden to ever-Virgin to Heavenly Advocate * Chapter 14: Miriam, mother of Yeshu the false messiah: Jewish counter-stories * Chapter 15: Islam's Maryam: "chosen...above the women of the worlds" * Comparative Summary: Mary, Miriam, Maryam * Epilogue * Endnotes * Works Cited/Bibliography * Index
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