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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 201.4 EAN: 9780691127699 ISBN: 0691127697 Label: Princeton University Press Manufacturer: Princeton University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 264 Publication Date: August 21, 2006 Publisher: Princeton University Press Studio: Princeton University Press Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: F.E. Peters, a scholar without peer in the comparative study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, revisits his pioneering work after twenty-five years. Peters has rethought and thoroughly rewritten his classic The Children of Abraham for a new generation of readers-at a time when the understanding of these three religious traditions has taken on a new and critical urgency. He began writing about all three faiths in the 1970s, long before it was fashionable to treat Islam in the context of Judaism and Christianity, or to align all three for a family portrait. In this updated edition, he lays out the similarities and differences of the three religious siblings with great clarity and succinctness and with that same remarkable objectivity that is the hallmark of all the author's work. Peters traces the three faiths from the sixth century B.C., when the Jews returned to Palestine from exile in Babylonia, to the time in the Middle Ages when they approached their present form. He points out that all three faith groups, whom the Muslims themselves refer to as "People of the Book," share much common ground. Most notably, each embraces the practice of worshipping a God who intervenes in history on behalf of His people. The book's text is direct and accessible with thorough and nuanced discussions of each of the three religions. Updated footnotes provide the reader with expert guidance into the highly complex issues that lie between every line of this stunning and timely new edition of The Children of Abraham. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A grand introduction to the 3 Abrahamic religionsI had to read this book for a course I'm taking, and I surprisingly found this book very interesting. I've read it three times in a few months now, and hence have found great use for it. Peters has a very good ability to not write only on the terms of one of the 3 religions, but always slides elegantly over to the other two, when comparisons are in order. Say he is talking about law, and suddenly he's covered all three religion's take on law, in about 20 pages, which is the average length of the ... Read More Rating:  - Academic ReviewThis book is actually a little dissappointing for the background of the author, but she approaches it from a general academic point of view, very general and almost dry. She covers the Jews, Christian and Muslim point of history but in a more modern way. She doesn't really cover Abraham's history deeply as well with these three religons as her communication is more from a more academic, discussion type of approach. This is compared to some other books I have looked at that apply and guide one from ... Read More Rating: - A good surveyThis is a good introductory survey and comparative study of the three major religions to develop from the early Abrahamic traditions. According to scholar John Esposito, the revised edition of this book is more important than ever given the international attention drawn to the relationship between Judaism, Christianity and Islam. According to Esposito, for too long has the 'Judeo-Christian' school ignored the fact that Islam, too, comes out of this same source of origins, and that there is a Judeo ... Read More Rating: - 4 editions!Note: There are at least 4 different printings of Peters' book "The Children of Abraham" sometimes with the subtitle "Judaism, Christianity, and Islam". (May 1982):hb, 240pgs, ISBN:0691072671; (Jan 1984):pb, ISBN:9990824762; (Jan 1990):pb, 225pgs, ISBN:0691020302; (Aug 2004 revised):hb, 312pgs; ISBN:0691120412. Rating: - A well done comparative studyFirst, I hope I'm reviewing the right book!! My book is Children of Abraham Judaism Christianity Islam, Both of these were listed as separate books by this author, but the one called Judaism, Christianity, Islam was too long to be the one I have. Anywayssssss..... I enjoyed reading this book. But don't expect any more than what the title says or any controversial arguments. Its just an informational source comparing the 3 Abrahamic world religions. Though the layman can read it, and its ... Read More 
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