The golden calf between Bible and Qur'an : scripture, polemic, and exegesis from late Antiquity to Islam / Michael E. Pregill.
2020
BP134.B4
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Title
The golden calf between Bible and Qur'an : scripture, polemic, and exegesis from late Antiquity to Islam / Michael E. Pregill.
Author
Pregill, Michael E., author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191886881 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
BP134.B4
Dewey Decimal Classification
297.122424
Summary
This title explores the story of the Israelites' worship of the Golden Calf in its Jewish, Christian, and Muslim contexts, from ancient Israel to the emergence of Islam. It focuses in particular on the Qur'an's presentation of the narrative and its background in Jewish and Christian retellings of the episode from Late Antiquity. Across the centuries, the interpretation of the Calf episode underwent major changes reflecting the varying cultural, religious, and ideological contexts in which various communities used the story to legitimate their own tradition, challenge the claims of others, and delineate the boundaries between self and other.
Note
This title explores the story of the Israelites' worship of the Golden Calf in its Jewish, Christian, and Muslim contexts, from ancient Israel to the emergence of Islam. It focuses in particular on the Qur'an's presentation of the narrative and its background in Jewish and Christian retellings of the episode from Late Antiquity. Across the centuries, the interpretation of the Calf episode underwent major changes reflecting the varying cultural, religious, and ideological contexts in which various communities used the story to legitimate their own tradition, challenge the claims of others, and delineate the boundaries between self and other.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 25, 2020).
Series
Oxford studies in the Abrahamic religions.
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780198852421
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