| The Making of a Forefather: Abraham in Islamic and Jewish Exegetical Narratives Contributor(s): Lowin, Shari (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004152261 ISBN-13: 9789004152267 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $159.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: This comparative analysis of the Muslim and Jewish exegetical texts on the early life of Abraham provides a new perspective on the extent of the relationship between Islam and Judaism while explaining the particular significance of Abraham in both traditions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Religion | Islam - General - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 297.246 |
| LCCN: 2006045840 |
| Series: Islamic History and Civilization |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.56" W x 9.52" (1.57 lbs) 308 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This comparative analysis examines the Islamic and Jewish exegetical narratives ḥadīth/qiṣaṣ al-anbiyā' and midrash aggadah] on the early life of the forefather Abraham. It reveals how the traditions utilized one another's materials in creating and re-creating the patriarch in their own image. Each chapter examines a particular motif in Abraham's development, from the prophecy surrounding his birth to his discovery of God and polemics with pagans to his salvation in the fiery furnace of Chaldea. Indexes of the more salient rabbinic or Islamic texts follow at the end of each chapter. The work is particularly valuable for scholars of rabbinics and Islamicists alike; it challenges earlier scholarship by revealing that the Islamic and Jewish exegetical traditions were not entirely distinct traditions but were intertextually related, mutually giving and receiving ideas. |