{"product_id":"shared-stories-rival-tellings-early-encounters-of-jews-christians-and-muslims-9780190231491","title":"Shared Stories, Rival Tellings: Early Encounters of Jews, Christians, and Muslims","description":"Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are considered kindred religions-holding ancestral heritages and monotheistic belief in common-but there are definitive distinctions between these Abrahamic peoples. \u003cem\u003eShared Stories, Rival Tellings \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the early exchanges of Jews, Christians, and Muslims, and argues that their interactions were dominated by debates over the meanings of certain stories sacred to all three communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert C. Gregg shows how Jewish, Christian, and Muslim interpreters--artists as well as authors--developed their unique and particular understandings of narratives present in the two Bibles and the Qur'an. Gregg focuses on five stories: Cain and Abel, Sarah and Hagar, Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, Jonah and the Whale, and Mary the Mother of Jesus. As he guides us through the often intentional variations introduced into these shared stories, Gregg exposes major issues under contention and the social-intellectual forces that contributed to spirited, and sometimes combative, exchanges among Jews, Christians, and Muslims. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOffering deeper insight into these historical moments and their implications for contemporary relations among the three religions, \u003cem\u003eShared Stories, Rival Tellings\u003c\/em\u003e will inspire readers to consider--and reconsider--the dynamics of traditional and current social-religious competition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert C. Gregg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190231491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/19\/2015 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert C. Gregg \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor in Religious Studies, Emeritus, at Stanford University. His publications are historical studies of belief systems, with special attention to the competition of religions in the late Roman-early medieval Mediterranean and Levant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39927190552691,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_47411910-91e3-4276-b3c7-3a835dd19bdf.jpg?v=1647523864","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/shared-stories-rival-tellings-early-encounters-of-jews-christians-and-muslims-9780190231491","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}