The Ambiguous Figure of the Neighbor in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Texts and Receptions

This book examines an undertheorized topic in the study of religion and sacred texts: the figure of the neighbor.

List of contents

Introduction: The Ambiguous Figure of the Neighbor in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Texts and Receptions-Marianne Bjelland Kartzow; Part 1: Intersectional Biblical Neighbors; 1 The Ambiguous Neighbor in the Hebrew Bible: A Survey of the Language of Neighbourship and the Narrative Function of the Neighbour in Hebrew Bible Texts-Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme; 2 When Bethlehemites and Moabites Meet: Ambiguous Neighbors in the Book of Ruth, Kristin Joachimsen; 3 Neighbour, Townsperson, and Fellow Creature: The Regulation of Inter-Human Relationships in Palestinian Rabbinic Texts-Catherine Hezser; 4 Monsters and Angels: The Function and Evaluation of the Intersectional Neighbors in the Gospels-Marianne Bjelland Kartzow; Part 2: Islamic Neighbors, Near and Far; 5 Aw qala: 'Li-jarihi'. Some Observations on Brotherhood and Neighborly Love in Islamic Tradition-Oddbjørn Leirvik; 6 The Ambiguous j¿r: Towards a Qur¿anic Neighborhood Ethics-Nora S. Eggen; Part 3 Negotiating the ambiguous neighborhood in peace and war, conflict and coexistence; 7 Neighbour in the war: Saviour or murderer? Rethinking neighbourhood in Bosnia-Safet Bektovic; 8 The childless woman and her neighbours: Exploring neighbourliness within a rural community in Cameroon-Gladys Ekone Wang; 9 Imagining the Everyday Life of Jewish and Christian "Neighbors" in Late Antique Capernaum: Beyond Church and Synagogue-and Back Again-Wally V. Cirafesi; 10 Narratives of the suburb as religious neighbourhood: How a local church and mosque in an Oslo suburb negotiate Muslim-Christian neighbourly relations-Anne Hege Grung

About the author

Marianne Bjelland Kartzow is Professor of New Testament Studies at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Summary

This book examines an undertheorized topic in the study of religion and sacred texts: the figure of the neighbor.

Product details

• Assisted by: Marianne Bjelland Kartzow (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.10.2024
• EAN: 9780367637842
• ISBN: 978-0-367-63784-2
• No. of pages: 228
• Weight: 400 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Intersectional Studies of Jewish, Christian and Islamic Texts and Receptions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Islam, RELIGION / Judaism / General, BIBLES / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Judaism / Talmud, RELIGION / Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings, Christianity, Judaism, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, New Testaments, The Koran (Qur’an), Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Judaism: Sacred Texts, Old Testaments, The Koran