Shared Stories, Rival Tellings

“What are the differences and similarities between the early encounter and pivotal stories of the Abrahamic faiths?” is the main question underlying this engaging academic book. Recently, there has been a revitalization of discussions about Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations in academia and in inter...

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Autor principal: Mehnaz M. Afridi
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:344f52b0f1b549059b440d7e25ebaa152021-12-02T19:28:38ZShared Stories, Rival Tellings10.35632/ajis.v33i2.9112690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/344f52b0f1b549059b440d7e25ebaa152016-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/911https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 “What are the differences and similarities between the early encounter and pivotal stories of the Abrahamic faiths?” is the main question underlying this engaging academic book. Recently, there has been a revitalization of discussions about Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations in academia and in interfaith work around the United States. This book comes at a timely and crucial time, one in which where there is so much misunderstanding and misinformation about these particular faiths, especially about the questions of origins and absolute truths. Gregg’s methodology and choice of texts, illustrations and sacred stories are intriguing and complex. The book captures the reader in a detailed textual analysis that seems hard to sustain; however, his writing wins one over with its clarity and enticing content that one cannot stop reading this tome of a book. He provides an extensive yet accessible guide for many religious texts that also include artwork as well as historical writings to illuminate religious interpretations and their impact on community relations. Mehnaz M. AfridiInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 33, Iss 2 (2016)
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Shared Stories, Rival Tellings
description “What are the differences and similarities between the early encounter and pivotal stories of the Abrahamic faiths?” is the main question underlying this engaging academic book. Recently, there has been a revitalization of discussions about Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations in academia and in interfaith work around the United States. This book comes at a timely and crucial time, one in which where there is so much misunderstanding and misinformation about these particular faiths, especially about the questions of origins and absolute truths. Gregg’s methodology and choice of texts, illustrations and sacred stories are intriguing and complex. The book captures the reader in a detailed textual analysis that seems hard to sustain; however, his writing wins one over with its clarity and enticing content that one cannot stop reading this tome of a book. He provides an extensive yet accessible guide for many religious texts that also include artwork as well as historical writings to illuminate religious interpretations and their impact on community relations.
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