The Family of Abraham <subTitle>Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Interpretations</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Bakhos, Carol</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">8:4</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Harvard University Press</publisher> <dateIssued>2014</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>285tr.</extent> <extent>hardcover, illustrations</extent> <extent>24cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>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...</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Carol Bakhos</note> <subject> <topic>Abraham -- Biblical patriarch</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Abrahamic religions</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">222.11092</classification> <classification authority="ddc">B166-C29</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780674050839</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14545/f.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14545/f.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071357.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>