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  | | Jihad(1st Edition) The Origin of Holy War in Islam by Reuven Firestone Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2002 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-515494-8, ISBN: 0-19-515494-0 "While there exists no evidence to date that the indigenous inhabitants of Arabia knew of holy war prior to Islam, holy war ideas and behaviors appear already among Muslims during the first generation. This book focuses on why and how such a seemingly radical development took place. Basing his hypothesis on evidence from the Qur'an and early Islamic literary sources, Firestone locates the origin of Islamic holy war and traces its evoluti ..." |
 | | Children of Abraham(1st Edition) An Introduction to Judaism for Muslims by Reuven Firestone Paperback, 322 Pages, Published 2001 by Ktav Pub & Distributors Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-88125-720-5, ISBN: 0-88125-720-6 "I would particularly like to acknowledge the efforts of Dr. Stephen Steinlight and Rabbi A. James Rudin, as well as Shula Bahat, Ralph Grunewald, Robert Rosenbaum, Linda Krieg, Mel Leifer, Yehudit Barsky, Larry Grossman, Aleida Rodriguez, and Brenda Rudzin. Moreover, Bernie Scharfstein of Ktav Publishing, as always, has been a wonderful partner. The late and beloved Cardinal O' Connor of New York once said: "No organization I know i ..." |
 | | Learned Ignorance(1st Edition) Intellectual Humility among Jews, Christians and Muslims by Omid Safi, Reuven Firestone, James L. Heft Paperback, 360 Pages, Published 2011 by Oxford University Press, Usa ISBN-13: 978-0-19-976931-5, ISBN: 0-19-976931-1 "Constructive interreligious dialogue is only a recent phenomenon. Until the nineteenth century, most dialogue among believers was carried on as a debate aimed either to disprove the claims of the other, or to convert the other to one's own tradition. At the end of the nineteenth century, Protestant Christian missionaries of different denominations had created such a cacophony amongst themselves in the mission fields that they decided th ..." |
 | | The Power of Dialogue Jewish – Christian – Muslim Agreement and Collaboration by Leonard Swidler, Reuven Firestone, Khalid Duran Paperback, 244 Pages, Published 2018 by Ipub Global Connection Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-948575-20-1, ISBN: 1-948575-20-5 "“At last, an explanation of how Judaism, Christianity and Islam, long the cause of destruction and mayhem, can now be bridges of dialogue and cooperation.”Uli Kortsch, Author, Economist and Expert on Monetary Policy and Founder and President of Global Partners Investments, Ltd.Are all religions the same? Are they equal? Good? Bad?Maybe… maybe not.How do we know? How do you know?What if there was a way to figure it out…a way to get some ..." |
 | | Holy War in Judaism(1st Edition) The Fall and Rise of a Controversial Idea by Reuven Firestone Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2012 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-986030-2, ISBN: 0-19-986030-0 "Holy war, sanctioned or even commanded by God, is a common and recurring theme in the Hebrew Bible. Rabbinic Judaism, however, largely avoided discussion of holy war in the Talmud and related literatures for the simple reason that it became dangerous and self-destructive. Reuven Firestone's Holy War in Judaism is the first book to consider how the concept of ''holy war'' disappeared from Jewish thought for almost 2000 years, only to r ..." |
 | | Journeys in Holy Lands(Updated) The Evolution of the Abraham-Ishmael Legends in Islamic Exegesis by Reuven Firestone Paperback, 284 Pages, Published 1990 by State University Of New York Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-0332-7, ISBN: 0-7914-0332-7 "Scholars have long pointed to the great affinity between stories found in the Bible and the Qur an, yet no explanation has been proposed that satisfactorily explains the odd combination of incredible likeness and unique divergence. Firestone provides a refreshing, new approach to scriptural issues of textuality, exegesis, and the origins and use of legend. This book clearly presents the full range of Islamic legends from the Qur an and ..." |
 | | Who Are the Real Chosen People?(Large Print) The Meaning of Choseness in Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Reuven Firestone Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2015 by Readhowyouwant Large Print ISBN-13: 978-1-4596-7964-1, ISBN: 1-4596-7964-4 "What Does It Mean to Be "Chosen"? Why Did God Have to Choose?"To be chosen can have a range of meaning from the mundane to the holy, but in all cases it means to be singled out and preferred over others. In a deep sense that permeates much or most of Western culture, having been chosen communicates a sense of something that is extraordinary, is transcendent, and entitles a reward. What is assumed in this sense of the term is that God ha ..." |
 | | Who Are the Real Chosen People?(1st Edition) The Meaning of Choseness in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (Center for Religious Inquiry) by Reuven Firestone Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2008 by Skylight Paths Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-68336-492-4, ISBN: 1-68336-492-9 "What Does It Mean to Be "Chosen"? Why Did God Have to Choose? To be chosen can have a range of meaning from the mundane to the holy, but in all cases it means to be singled out and preferred over others. In a deep sense that permeates much or most of Western culture, having been chosen communicates a sense of something that is extraordinary, is transcendent, and entitles a reward. What is assumed in this sense of the term is that God ha ..." |
 | | Children of Abraham An Introduction to Judaism for Muslims by Reuven Firestone Hardcover, 322 Pages, Published 2001 by Ktav Pub & Distributors Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-88125-721-2, ISBN: 0-88125-721-4 "This groundbreaking book, developed with a grant from the Harriet and Robert Heilbrunn Institute for Interreligious Understanding of the American Jewish Committee, is a stepping stone to dialogue." |
 | | Jihad(1st Edition) The Origin of Holy War in Islam by Reuven Firestone Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 1999 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-512580-1, ISBN: 0-19-512580-0 "Since the Islamic resurgence began to make news, the Islamic idea of holy war, or "jihad", has been the subject of tremendous media attention - much of it sensationalistic. This study attempts to discover where and when the idea of jihad originated, and to trace its early development. Firestone finds no evidence for religiously motivated warring in pre-Islamic Arabian cultures, or indeed for ideological warring of any kind, despite the ..." |
 | | Learned Ignorance(1st Edition) Intellectual Humility among Jews, Christians and Muslims by James L. Heft, Omid Safi, Reuven Firestone Hardcover, 360 Pages, Published 2011 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-976930-8, ISBN: 0-19-976930-3 "Constructive interreligious dialogue is only a recent phenomenon. Until the nineteenth century, most dialogue among believers was carried on as a debate aimed either to disprove the claims of the other, or to convert the other to one's own tradition. At the end of the nineteenth century, Protestant Christian missionaries of different denominations had created such a cacophony amongst themselves in the mission fields that they decided th ..." |
 | | Trialogue(7th Edition) Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Dialogue by Leonard Swidler, Reuven Firestone, Khalid Duran, Kalid Duran Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2007 by Twenty-Third Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-58595-587-9, ISBN: 1-58595-587-6 "Author Leonard Swidler himself is one of the American originators of the term trialogue (words among three persons), and here he raises it to a new level as he shares the podium with professors Reuven Firestone and Khalid Duran. These three professors, beginning with Firestone and Judaism, present their faith traditions and the challenges as well as possibilities for genuine trialogue. Each offers invaluable insights into the ways they ..." |
 | | Learned Ignorance Intellectual Humility among Jews, Christians, and Muslims by Reuven Firestone, Omid Safi, James L. Heft 416 Pages, Published 2011 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-977306-0, ISBN: 0-19-977306-8 "Intellectual Humility among Jews, Christians and Muslims James L. Heft, Reuven Firestone, Omid Safi. Quraysh from Mecca, Muslims of Medina ... to the Constitution of Medina as the earliest documentary evidence of the pluralist impulse within Islam.21 After the death of the Prophet, when Islam expanded out of the Arabian peninsula into Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, it encountered the earlier largely Christian populations of these are ..." |
 | | Who Are the Real Chosen People? The Meaning of Choseness in Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Reuven Firestone Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2008 by Seabury Books ISBN-13: 978-1-59627-083-1, ISBN: 1-59627-083-7 |
 | | Journeys in Holy Lands The Evolution of the Abraham-Ishmael Legends in Islamic Exegesis by Reuven Firestone Hardcover, 265 Pages, Published 1990 by State Univ Of New York Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-0331-0, ISBN: 0-7914-0331-9 "Scholars have long pointed to the great affinity between stories found in the Bible and the Qur an, yet no explanation has been proposed that satisfactorily explains the odd combination of incredible likeness and unique divergence. Firestone provides a refreshing, new approach to scriptural issues of textuality, exegesis, and the origins and use of legend. This book clearly presents the full range of Islamic legends from the Qur an and ..." |
 | | Children of Abraham An Introduction to Islam for Jews by Khalid Duran, Abdelwahab Hechiche, Reuven Firestone Hardcover, 326 Pages, Published 2001 by Ktav Pub Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-88125-723-6, ISBN: 0-88125-723-0 "Book by Duran, Khalid" |
 | | Children of Abraham(1st Edition) An Introduction to Islam for Jews by Khalid Duran, With Abdelwahab Hechiche, Arnold James Rudin, Reuven Firestone Paperback, 326 Pages, Published 2001 by Ktav Pub & Distributors Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-88125-724-3, ISBN: 0-88125-724-9 "An Introduction to Islam for Jews Khalid Duran, Abdelwahab Hechiche Stephen Steinlight. Pipes, Daniel. The Rushdie Affair: The Novel, the Ayatollah, and the West. New York: Birch Lane Press, 1990. Poston, Larry. Islamic Da\vah in the West: Muslim Missionary Activity and the Dynamics of Conversion to Islam. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Rodinson, Maxime. Mohammed. Trans, by Anne Carter. New York: Vintage Books, 1974. Schi ..." |
 | | Who Are the Real Chosen People?(1st Edition) The Meaning of Choseness in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (Center for Religious Inquiry) by Phd Firestone Reuven Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2010 by Skylight Paths ISBN-13: 978-1-59473-290-4, ISBN: 1-59473-290-6 |
 | | An Introduction to Islam for Jews(1st Edition) by Reuven Firestone Phd Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2008 by The Jewish Publication Society ISBN-13: 978-0-8276-0864-1, ISBN: 0-8276-0864-0 |
 | | Jihad The Origin of Holy War in Islam [Hardcover] by Reuven Firestone Published 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1-951258-00-9, ISBN: 1-951258-00-2 |
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