Reuven Firestone

Who Are the Real Chosen People? (eBook, ePUB)

The Meaning of Choseness in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

• Format: ePub

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781594733505
• Artikelnr.: 50003080

Autorenporträt

Rabbi Reuven Firestone, PhD, is professor of Medieval Jewish and Islamic Studies at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He is the author of Introduction to Islam for Jews and Children of Abraham: An Introduction to Judaism for Muslims,among other books. He is a frequent speaker on the topics of early Islam and its relationship to Judaism and Christianity, scriptural interpretation of the Bible and Qur'an, and the phenomenon of holy war in the Abrahamic religions.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Language of Chosenness vii
1 In the Beginning ... 1
2 Chosenness in the Ancient Near East 11
3 Best Practice Models and Religious Success 35
4 Chosenness and Covenant in the New Testament 57
5 Chosenness and Covenant in the Qur'an 73
6 Chosenness and Covenant in Rabbinic Literature 85
7 The Merit of the Ancients 91
8 The Legacy of Chosenness 115
9 Does Redemption Require Election? 131
Conclusion: Retaining Our Uniqueness while
Affirming the Other 147
Notes 151
Suggestions for Further Reading 157