Geneses: A Comparative Study of the Historiographies of the Rise of Christianity, Rabbinic Judaism, and Islam

by John Tolan

Book Overview

What is a religion? How do we discern the boundaries between religions, or religious communities? When does Judaism become Judaism, Christianity become Christianity, Islam become Islam? Scholars have increasingly called into question the standard narratives created by the various orthodoxies, narratives of steadfastness and consistency, of long and courageous maintenance of true doctrine and right practice over the centuries, in the face of opposition...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815362072
• ISBN13: 9780815362074
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.4"