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Author |
: David Lyle Jeffrey |
Publisher |
: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 420 |
Release |
: 1996 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0802841775 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780802841773 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis People of the Book by : David Lyle Jeffrey
The author examines the "cultural and literary identity among Western Christians which the centrality of 'the Book' has helped to create, and the Christian use of the phrase 'People of the book.'"--Preface.
Author |
: Geraldine Brooks |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 396 |
Release |
: 2008-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101158197 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1101158190 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis People of the Book by : Geraldine Brooks
View our feature on Geraldine Books’s People of the Book. From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of March, the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript through centuries of exile and war In 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, which has been rescued from Serb shelling during the Bosnian war. Priceless and beautiful, the book is one of the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with images. When Hanna, a caustic loner with a passion for her work, discovers a series of tiny artifacts in its ancient binding—an insect wing fragment, wine stains, salt crystals, a white hair—she begins to unlock the book’s mysteries. The reader is ushered into an exquisitely detailed and atmospheric past, tracing the book’s journey from its salvation back to its creation. In Bosnia during World War II, a Muslim risks his life to protect it from the Nazis. In the hedonistic salons of fin-de-siècle Vienna, the book becomes a pawn in the struggle against the city’s rising anti-Semitism. In inquisition-era Venice, a Catholic priest saves it from burning. In Barcelona in 1492, the scribe who wrote the text sees his family destroyed by the agonies of enforced exile. And in Seville in 1480, the reason for the Haggadah’s extraordinary illuminations is finally disclosed. Hanna’s investigation unexpectedly plunges her into the intrigues of fine art forgers and ultra-nationalist fanatics. Her experiences will test her belief in herself and the man she has come to love. Inspired by a true story, People of the Book is at once a novel of sweeping historical grandeur and intimate emotional intensity, an ambitious, electrifying work by an acclaimed and beloved author.
Author |
: Moshe Halbertal |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 199 |
Release |
: 2009-06-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674038141 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674038142 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis People of the Book by : Moshe Halbertal
Halbertal provides a panoramic survey of Jewish attitudes toward Scripture, provocatively organized around problems of normative and formative authority, with an emphasis on the changing status and functions of Mishnah, Talmud, and Kabbalah.
Author |
: Zachary Karabell |
Publisher |
: Hachette UK |
Total Pages |
: 475 |
Release |
: 2013-09-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781848549180 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1848549180 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis People of the Book by : Zachary Karabell
We live in a world polarized by the ongoing conflict between Muslims, Christians and Jews, but - in an extraordinary narrative spanning fourteen centuries - Zachary Karabell argues that the relationship between Islam and the West has never been simply one of animosity and competition, but has also comprised long periods of cooperation and coexistence. Through a rich tapestry of stories and a compelling cast of characters, People of the Book uncovers known history, and forgotten history, as Karabell takes the reader on an extraordinary journey through the Arab and Ottoman empires, the Crusades and the Catholic Reconquista and into the modern era, as he examines the vibrant examples of discord and concord that have existed between these monotheistic faiths. By historical standards, today's fissure between Islam and the West is not exceptional, but because of weapons of mass destruction, that fissure has the potential to undo us more than ever before. This is reason enough to look back and remember that Christians, Jews and Muslims have lived constructively with one another. They have fought and taught each other, and they have learned from one another. Retrieving this forgotten history is a vital ingredient to a more stable, secure world.
Author |
: John Barton |
Publisher |
: Bampton Lectures |
Total Pages |
: 120 |
Release |
: 1988 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSC:32106012179138 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis People of the Book? by : John Barton
Author |
: Timothy Larsen |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2011-01-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191614330 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0191614335 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis A People of One Book by : Timothy Larsen
Although the Victorians were awash in texts, the Bible was such a pervasive and dominant presence that they may fittingly be thought of as 'a people of one book'. They habitually read the Bible, quoted it, adopted its phraseology as their own, thought in its categories, and viewed their own lives and experiences through a scriptural lens. This astonishingly deep, relentless, and resonant engagement with the Bible was true across the religious spectrum from Catholics to Unitarians and beyond. The scripture-saturated culture of nineteenth-century England is displayed by Timothy Larsen in a series of lively case studies of representative figures ranging from the Quaker prison reformer Elizabeth Fry to the liberal Anglican pioneer of nursing Florence Nightingale to the Baptist preacher C. H. Spurgeon to the Jewish author Grace Aguilar. Even the agnostic man of science T. H. Huxley and the atheist leaders Charles Bradlaugh and Annie Besant were thoroughly and profoundly preoccupied with the Bible. Serving as a tour of the diversity and variety of nineteenth-century views, Larsen's study presents the distinctive beliefs and practices of all the major Victorian religious and sceptical traditions from Anglo-Catholics to the Salvation Army to Spiritualism, while simultaneously drawing out their common, shared culture as a people of one book.
Author |
: Sahaja Carimokam |
Publisher |
: Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages |
: 567 |
Release |
: 2010-09-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781453537855 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1453537856 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Muhammad and the People of the Book by : Sahaja Carimokam
Muhammad and the People of Book by Sahaja Carimokam asks the question, what was the nature of Muhammad’s relationship to non-Muslims, particularly Jews and Christians, and how did it change over time? This work is based on a chronological reading of the chapters of the Qur’an supplemented with Muslim commentary literature and biographical materials on the life of Muhammad. Carimokam traces Muhammad’s evolving religious viewpoint based on his borrowings of primarily Jewish and some Christian traditional/apocryphal materials. He shows how Muhammad’s inaccurate and anachronistic rendition of Jewish traditional literature ensured that the Jews would reject him as a Prophet. This rejection lead to his ultimatum to the Jews early in the Medinan period of the Qur’an and culminated with his call to Jihad against all non-Muslims, including those Jews and Christians who refused to acknowledge his Prophethood. The origins of takfir, declaring Muslims to be non-Muslims, are considered. Comparisons are made of moderate and traditional interpreters of the Qur’an. Historical-critical issues regarding the background provided by Muslim historical propaganda is considered in one chapter. The book concludes with a controversial issue for the interpretation of Islamic law in the 21st century based on the actual canonical practices of Muhammad.
Author |
: Craig Considine |
Publisher |
: Hurst Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 174 |
Release |
: 2021-09-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781787386778 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1787386775 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis People of the Book by : Craig Considine
The Christians that lived around the Arabian Peninsula during Muhammad’s lifetime are shrouded in mystery. Some of the stories of the Prophet’s interactions with them are based on legends and myths, while others are more authentic and plausible. But who exactly were these Christians? Why did Muhammad interact with them as he reportedly did? And what lessons can today’s Christians and Muslims learn from these encounters? Scholar Craig Considine, one of the most powerful global voices speaking in admiration of the prophet of Islam, provides answers to these questions. Through a careful study of works by historians and theologians, he highlights an idea central to Muhammad’s vision: an inclusive Ummah, or Muslim nation, rooted in citizenship rights, interfaith dialogue, and freedom of conscience, religion and speech. In this unprecedented sociological analysis of one of history’s most influential human beings, Considine offers groundbreaking insight that could redefine Christian and Muslim relations.
Author |
: John Andrew Morrow |
Publisher |
: Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 1782 |
Release |
: 2018-04-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781527509672 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1527509672 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Islām and the People of the Book Volumes 1-3 by : John Andrew Morrow
Islam and the People of the Book features three dozen scholarly studies on the treaties that the Prophet Muhammad concluded with Jewish, Samaritan, Christian, and Zoroastrian communities, along with translations of Six Covenants of the Prophet in over a dozen languages. The combined effort of over forty-five academics, intellectuals, and translators from around the world, this work powerfully confirms the conclusions drawn by Dr John Andrew Morrow in his critically-acclaimed book on The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of the World, offers unprecedented insight into the original intent of the Messenger of God, and sheds light on the pluralistic nature of the constitutional state that he created.
Author |
: Jeffrey Rubin-Dorsky |
Publisher |
: Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages |
: 524 |
Release |
: 1996 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0299150143 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780299150143 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis People of the Book by : Jeffrey Rubin-Dorsky
The contributors are highly productive and respected Jewish-American scholars, critics, and teachers from departments of English, history, American studies, Romance literature, Slavic studies, art, women's studies, comparative literature, anthropology, Judaic studies, and philosophy.