Making of the Abrahamic Religions in Late Antiquity

Zusatztext For those who need to be persuaded that Christianity, Judaism and Islam are helpfully grouped together and analysed as Abrahamic religions, Stroumsa provides a most compelling and subtle collection of evidence. This volume is highly recommended for those wanting to probe questions of method and content surrounding Islamic origins and the mutation of religiosity in Late Antiquity. Informationen zum Autor Guy G. Stroumsa is Professor Emeritus of the Study of the Abrahamic Religions at the University of Oxford and Martin Buber Professor of Comparative Religion Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He obtained his PhD from Harvard in 1978. Professor Stroumsa received a Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Zurich in 2004, an Alexander von Humboldt Research Award in 2008, and a Chevalier dans l'Ordre du Mérite in 2012. He is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Klappentext The book studies how the religious structures of late antique religion (in particular Christianity) forged the core elements that became identified with those of the Abrahamic religions after the birth of Islam. Zusammenfassung The book studies how the religious structures of late antique religion (in particular Christianity) forged the core elements that became identified with those of the Abrahamic religions after the birth of Islam.

Product details

• Authors: Guy G. Stroumsa, Guy G. (Professor Emeritus of the Study Stroumsa, Stroumsa Guy G.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.08.2015
• EAN: 9780198738862
• ISBN: 978-0-19-873886-2
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Oxford Studies in the Abrahamic Religions; Oxford Studies in the Abrahami
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Islam, RELIGION / Judaism / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, comparative religion, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Judaism / History, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Islam / History, Christianity, History of Religion, Judaism, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory