The Idea of Semitic Monotheism: The Rise and Fall of a Scholarly Myth

Author:   Guy G. Stroumsa (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   320
Publication Date:   20 May 2021
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Author:   Guy G. Stroumsa (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 14.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.502kg
ISBN:  

9780192898685


ISBN 10:   019289868
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   20 May 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Introduction: The Study of Religion and the Spirit of Orientalism 1: Varieties of Monotheism and the Three Rings 2: The Enlightenment's Paradigm Shift and the Three Impostors 3: Aryans, Semites, and Jewish Scholars 4: Cultural Transfers and Philologia orientalis 5: Semitic Monotheism: Renan on Judaism and Islam 6: A Jesus of White Marble or a Jesus in the Flesh? 7: Secular Scholarship in France: Catholics, Protestants, and Jews 8: From the Quarrel of Monotheism to the Babel-Bibel Controversy 9: Semitic Religion and Sacrificial Ritual 10: Sacrifice Compared: Israel and India Conclusion: Comparing Monotheisms Bibliography

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Guy G. Stroumsa is Martin Buber Professor Emeritus of Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Professor Emeritus of the Study of the Abrahamic Religions at the University of Oxford. His publications include The Making of the Abrahamic Religions in Late Antiquity (2015), The Oxford Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions (co-edited with Adam J. Silverstein, 2015), and Self and Self-Transformations in the History of Religions (co-edited with David Shulmam; 2002). He is also a series editor of the Oxford Studies in the Abrahamic Religions series, with Adam J. Silverstein.

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