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Abrahamic religions --- Relations --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Egypt --- Civilization

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The term "Abrahamic religions" has gained considerable currency in both scholarly and ecumenical circles as a way of referring to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In The Family of Abraham, Carol Bakhos steps back from this convention to ask a frequently overlooked question: What, in fact, is Abrahamic about these three faiths? Exploring diverse stories and interpretations relating to the portrayal of Abraham, she reveals how he is venerated in these different scriptural traditions and how scriptural narratives have been pressed into service for nonreligious purposes. Grounding her study in a close examination of ancient Jewish textual practices, primarily midrash, as well as medieval Muslim Stories of the Prophets and the writings of the early Church Fathers, Bakhos demonstrates that ancient and early-medieval readers often embellished the image of Abraham and his family--Sarah, Hagar, Ishmael, and Isaac. Her analysis dismantles pernicious misrepresentations of Abraham's firstborn son, Ishmael, and provocatively challenges contemporary references to Judaism and Islam as sibling religions. As Bakhos points out, an uncritical adoption of the term "Abrahamic religions" not only blinds us to the diverse interpretations and traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam but also artificially separates these faiths from their historical contexts. In correcting mistaken assumptions about the narrative and theological significance of Abraham, The Family of Abraham sheds new light on key figures of three world religions.

Abrahamic religions --- Religions --- Relations --- Abraham --- Abrahamic religions. --- 296*83 --- 297.116*2 --- Interreligious relations --- Relations among religions --- Relations. --- Relatie jodendom: islam --- Relatie Islam tot Jodendom --- Abraham, --- Abram --- Abramo --- Abū al-Anbiyāʼ Ibrāhīm al-Khalīl --- Abŭraham --- Avraam --- Avraham --- Avram --- Halil-ül-Rahman İbrahim --- Ibrāhīm al-Khalīl --- Ibrahim --- İbrahim, --- Khalīl Allāh --- Nabi Ibrahim --- אברהם --- אברהם אבינו --- إبراهيم الخليل --- 297.116*2 Relatie Islam tot Jodendom --- 296*83 Relatie jodendom: islam --- Religions - Relations --- Abraham - (Biblical patriarch) --- In rabbinical literature. --- In the Qurʼan.

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Der Band eröffnet die neue Reihe des Mediävistenverbandes, in der interdisziplinäre Studien aus dem Bereich der Mittelalterforschung veröffentlicht werden. Er dokumentiert ausgewählte Beiträge des 14. Symposiums des Verbandes, das vom 27. bis 31. März 2011 in Jena stattfand. Im Zentrum stehen die mehr oder weniger expliziten Verhältnisbestimmungen des Menschen zu Gott, von denen die monotheistische mittelalterliche Welt in all ihren Bereichen geprägt ist, im Christentum ebenso wie in Islam und Judentum. Dabei geht es um die Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Gott und Mensch, Gottesbild und Menschenbild, Schöpfer und Kreatur sowie göttlicher und menschlicher Schöpfung beziehungsweise Schöpferkraft. Beiträge aus Literatur-, Musik- und Kunstwissenschaft reflektieren unterschiedliche Formen der Kommunikation zwischen Mensch und Gott, historische Hinführungen zur Geschichte von Konzepten und Vorstellungen sind ebenso vertreten wie klassische theologische oder philosophische Studien. So erscheinen die Formen und Inhalte der Interaktion zwischen Gott und Mensch im Mittealter in all ihrer Fülle.

God (Christianity) --- Theological anthropology. --- Church history --- Christianity --- Trinity --- Anthropology, Doctrinal --- Anthropology, Theological --- Body and soul (Theology) --- Doctrinal anthropology --- Humanity, Doctrine of --- Man, Doctrine of --- Man (Theology) --- Mankind, Doctrine of --- Religion --- Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Abrahamic religions. --- Concept of God. --- image of man.