Three Faiths, One God: The Formative Faith and Practice of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

✍ Scribed by Jacob Neusner, Bruce Chilton, William Graham

• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 346
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

If Moses, Jesus, and the Prophet Muhammad were to meet, what would they tell one another about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? Three of today’s leading scholars explore the topics such a conversation might entail in this comparative study of the three monotheistic faiths. In systematic, side-by-side descriptions, they detail the classical theologies of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and the authoritative writings that convey those theologies—Torah, Bible, and Qur’?n. They then compare and contrast the three faiths, which, though distinct and autonomous, address a common set of issues. While asserting that this book is by no means a background source for issues and conflicts among contemporary followers of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the authors nevertheless aspire to reveal among the three a common potential for mutual understanding.

✦ Table of Contents

THREE FAITHS, ONE GOD: The Formative Faith and Practice of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
A. The Issue......Page 16
I. The Theology......Page 17
II. The Documents that Convey the Theology......Page 20
I. The Theology......Page 28
II. The Documents that Convey the Theology......Page 29
D. Foundational Islam: The Qur'ān and Prophetic Sunnah......Page 38
I. The Theology......Page 41
II. The Documents that Convey the Theology......Page 43
B. God Incarnate: Christianity......Page 51
Who Do Men Say That I Am?......Page 54
What Has God made of Humanity with Christ?......Page 59
Christ the Redeemer as Lord and God......Page 67
C. One God, Many Forms: Judaism......Page 74
Characterization of God......Page 75
God as Premise, Presence, Person, and Personality......Page 77
God in Person: The Corporeality of God......Page 86
The Humanity of God......Page 88
The Divinity of God: God as Wholly Other......Page 91
The Imitation of God......Page 92
D. One God, Unitary and Transcendent: Islam......Page 94
Naming God......Page 95
God the Transcendent Lord......Page 99
God's Omnipotence, Omniscience, and Sovereignty......Page 101
God's Oneness, Uniqueness, and Perfection......Page 105
God the Creator and His Relationship to Humankind......Page 109
A. The Issue......Page 114
B. The Community of the Faithful: Islam......Page 115
C. All Are One in Christ Jesus: Christianity......Page 129
The Circle of James......Page 131
The Community of Q......Page 136
The Circle of Peter......Page 139
'The Synoptic Gospels and Paul: Practicing the Body of Christ......Page 142
D. "Hear, Israel, the Lord Our God, the Lord is One": Judaism......Page 153
Israel in the Mishnah......Page 162
Israel in the Yerushalmi......Page 165
The Metaphor of the Family, "Israel's Children"......Page 167
Israel as Sui Generis: The Rules of Nature, the Rules of History, and Supernatural Governance of Israel in Leviticus Rabbah......Page 172
Supernatural Israel......Page 174
Β. "You Shall be Holy, for I the Lord Your God am Holy": Judaism......Page 176
2. Within Israel's Social Order......Page 177
The Holy Way of Life: The Rhythm of the Year, the Rhythm of the Week, the Rhythm of the Individual's Life......Page 178
The Mishnah 's Judaism of Sanctification......Page 184
Attitudes, Not only Actions......Page 186
The Commandments......Page 188
C. "Take Up Your Cross, and Follow Me": Christianity......Page 190
D. "In the Way of God": Muslim Practice......Page 205
A. The Issue......Page 223
B. Avoid Idolaters at All Costs: Judaism......Page 224
C. Converting Judaism (and all the Rest): Christianity......Page 238
D. The Faithful and the Unfaithful: Islam......Page 255
The Other "Scriptured" Monotheists......Page 259
The Idolatrous Polytheists......Page 263
Who Are the Faithful?......Page 267
B. Sanctification Now, for Salvation Then: Judaism......Page 270
C. Resurrection as Metamorphosis: Christianity......Page 285
D. Living for Resurrection and Judgment: Islam......Page 305
Eschatology......Page 307
Between Death and Resurrection......Page 308
The Judgment Preaching......Page 309
The Last Things......Page 313
The Hereafter......Page 321
Index of Scripture and Ancient Sources......Page 324
Index of Subjects......Page 337
Index of Modern Authors......Page 343