LEADER 04584nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910819960303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-15729-9 010 $a9786612157295 010 $a1-4008-2571-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400825714 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788394 035 $a(EBL)457879 035 $a(OCoLC)436878611 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000205277 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11197115 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000205277 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10192988 035 $a(PQKB)11650072 035 $a(OCoLC)899264909 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36286 035 $a(DE-B1597)446414 035 $a(OCoLC)979744773 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400825714 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC457879 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788394 100 $a20050613d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe monotheists$b[electronic resource] $eJews, Christians, and Muslims in conflict and competition$hVolume II$iThe words and will of God /$fF.E. Peters 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. ;$aWoodstock $cPrinceton University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (432 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-691-11461-7 311 $a0-691-12373-X 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. The Scriptures: Bible, New Testament, and Quran -- $t2. Understanding the Word of God -- $t3. Scripture and Tradition -- $t4. God's Law and Its Observance -- $t5. God's Commandments and Human Morality -- $t6. Divine Worship -- $t7. Thinking about God -- $t8. From Desert Saints to Muslim Sufis -- $t9. Leaping from the Dark into the Light: Mysticism -- $t10. The Last Things -- $tEnd Thoughts -- $tIndex 330 $aThe world's three great monotheistic religions have spent most of their historical careers in conflict or competition with each other. And yet in fact they sprung from the same spiritual roots and have been nurtured in the same historical soil. This book--an extraordinarily comprehensive and approachable comparative introduction to these religions--seeks not so much to demonstrate the truth of this thesis as to illustrate it. Frank Peters, one of the world's foremost experts on the monotheistic faiths, takes Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and after briefly tracing the roots of each, places them side by side to show both their similarities and their differences. Volume I, The Peoples of God, tells the story of the foundation and formation of the three monotheistic communities, of their visible, historical presence. Volume II, The Words and Will of God, is devoted to their inner life, the spirit that animates and regulates them. Peters takes us to where these religions live: their scriptures, laws, institutions, and intentions; how each seeks to worship God and achieve salvation; and how they deal with their own (orthodox and heterodox) and with others (the goyim, the pagans, the infidels). Throughout, he measures--but never judges--one religion against the other. The prose is supple, the method rigorous. This is a remarkably cohesive, informative, and accessible narrative reflecting a lifetime of study by a single recognized authority in all three fields. The Monotheists is a magisterial comparison, for students and general readers as well as scholars, of the parties to one of the most troubling issues of today--the fierce, sometimes productive and often destructive, competition among the world's monotheists, the siblings called Jews, Christians, and Muslims. 606 $aChristianity and other religions$xIslam$xHistory 606 $aChristianity and other religions$xJudaism$xHistory 606 $aIslam$xRelations$xChristianity$xHistory 606 $aIslam$xRelations$xJudaism$xHistory 606 $aJudaism$xRelations$xChristianity$xHistory 606 $aJudaism$xRelations$xIslam$xHistory 615 0$aChristianity and other religions$xIslam$xHistory. 615 0$aChristianity and other religions$xJudaism$xHistory. 615 0$aIslam$xRelations$xChristianity$xHistory. 615 0$aIslam$xRelations$xJudaism$xHistory. 615 0$aJudaism$xRelations$xChristianity$xHistory. 615 0$aJudaism$xRelations$xIslam$xHistory. 676 $a291.1/72 700 $aPeters$b F. E$g(Francis E.)$01055307 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819960303321 996 $aThe monotheists$94186421 997 $aUNINA