The monotheists : Jews, Christians, and Muslims in conflict and competition. Volume II, The words and will of God /
The world's three great monotheistic religions have spent most of their historical careers in conflict or competition with each other. And yet in fact they sprung from the same spiritual roots and have been nurtured in the same historical soil. This book--an extraordinarily comprehensive and ap...
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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press
©2003.
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| Acceso en liña: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7sf64 |
| Summary: | The world's three great monotheistic religions have spent most of their historical careers in conflict or competition with each other. And yet in fact they sprung from the same spiritual roots and have been nurtured in the same historical soil. This book--an extraordinarily comprehensive and approachable comparative introduction to these religions--seeks not so much to demonstrate the truth of this thesis as to illustrate it. Frank Peters, one of the world's foremost experts on the monotheistic faiths, takes Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and after briefly tracing the roots of each, places. |
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| descrición da copia: | Includes index. |
| Descrición Física: | 1 online resource (xxv, 406 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781400825714 1400825717 9780691123738 069112373X 0691114617 |