Part I. the Concept of the Abrahamic Religions Part Ii. Communities

TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Contributors xi Introduction xiii ADAM J. SILVERSTEIN, GUY G. STROUMSA, AND MOSHE BLIDSTEIN

PART I. THE CONCEPT OF THE ABRAHAMIC RELIGIONS

1. Abraham and Authenticity 3 REUVEN FIRESTONE

2. Yet Another Abraham 22 GIL ANIDJAR

3. Abrahamic Experiments in History 37 ADAM J. SILVERSTEIN

4. Three Rings or Three Impostors? The Comparative Approach to the Abrahamic Religions and its Origins 56 GUY G. STROUMSA

5. The Abrahamic Religions as a Modern Concept 71 MARK SILK

6. The Concept of the Abrahamic Religions, Problems and Pitfalls 88

REMI BRAGUE

PART II. COMMUNITIES

7. Islamo-Christian Civilization 109 RICHARD W. BULLIET

8. The Abrahamic Religions in the Mediterranean 121 DAVID ABULAFIA

9. Justice 137 URIEL SIMONSOHN Viii TABLE OF CONTENTS

10. Jews and Muslims in Christian Law and History 166 JOHN TOLAN 11. Beyond Exclusivism in the Middle Ages: On the Three Rings, the Three Impostors, and the Discourse of Multiplicity 189 DOROTHEA WELTECKE

PART HI. SCRIPTURE AND HERMENEUTICS

12. Historical-Critical Readings of the Abrahamic Scriptures 209 NICOLAI SINAI 13. Interpreters of Scripture 226 CAROL BAKHOS 14. The Finality of Prophecy 254 DAVID S. POWERS 15. Apocalypticism, Millenarianism, and Messianism 272 LUTZ GREISIGER

PART IV- RELIGIOUS THOUGHT

16. The Abrahamic Religions and the Classical Tradition 297 PETER E. PORMANN 17. Confessing Monotheism in Arabic (at-Tawhid): The One God of Abraham and his Apologists 315 SIDNEY H. GRIFFITH 18. Philosophy and Theology 332 CARLOS FRAENKEL 19. Science and Creation: The Medieval Heritage 355 WILLIAM E. CARROLL 20. Mysticism in the Abrahamic Religions 373 MOSHE IDEL 21. Political Thought 390 ANTONY BLACK 22. Religious Dualism and the Abrahamic Religions 405 YURI STOYANOV TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART V. RITUALS AND ETHICS

23. Prayer 429 CLEMENS LEONHARD AND MARTIN LUSTRAETEN

24. Purity and Defilement 448 MOSHE BLIDSTEIN

25. Dietary Law 466 DAVID M. FREIDENREICH

26. Life-Cycle Rites of Passage 483 HARVEY E. GOLDBERG

27. The Cult of Saints and Pilgrimage 499 YOUSEF MERI

28. Religions of Love: Judaism, Christianity, Islam 518 DAVID NIRENBERG AND LEONARDO CAPEZZONE

29. Religion and Politics in the Age of Fundamentalisms 536 MALISE RUTHVEN

PART VI. EPILOGUES

30. Jewish and other Abrahamic Philosophic Arguments for Abrahamic Studies 559 PETER OCHS

31. Christian Perspectives: Settings, Theology, Practices, and Challenges 580 DAVID F. FORD

32. Islamic Perspectives 597 TARIQ RAMADAN

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