The Names of God in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: A Basis for Interfaith DialogueBloomsbury Publishing, 07/07/2011 - 192 من الصفحات This book offers a welcome solution to the growing need for a common language in interfaith dialogue; particularly between the three Abrahamic faiths in our modern pluralistic society. The book suggests that the names given to God in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Qur'an, could be the very foundations and building blocks for a common language between the Jewish, Christian and Islamic faiths. On both a formal interfaith level, as well as between everyday followers of each doctrine, this book facilitates a more fruitful and universal understanding and respect of each sacred text; exploring both the commonalities and differences between each theology and their individual receptions. In a practical application of the methodologies of comparative theology, Maire Byrne shows that the titles, names and epithets given to God in the sacred texts of Judaism, Christianity and Islam contribute towards similar images of God in each case, and elucidates the importance of this for providing a viable starting point for interfaith dialogue. |
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Divine Designations in the Hebrew Bible | |
Divine Designations in the New Testament | |
Divine Designations in the Quran | |
Comparative Theologies and the Names of God | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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99 Most Beautiful Abba actions Allah anthropomorphic appears Arabic associated attributes Beautiful Names belief Bernhard Anderson biblical theology book of Isaiah Christian Clooney Commentary common comparative theology context covenant created Creator deity depicted divine designations divine name earth earthly Elohim English example existence Exod faith Fitzmyer followers forgiveness God’s gods Gospel of John Gospel of Luke Gospel of Mark Grand Rapids Greek heaven heavenly Hebrew Bible highlights Holy human Ibid idea that Allah interreligious dialogue Isaiah Islam Israel Israelites Jacob Jeremias Jesus Jewish Joseph Fitzmyer Judaism king language linked lives London Lord Matthew meaning Mighty Muslims normally notes notion noun NRSV Old Testament one’s original Oxford person phrase plural praise prayer prophetic Psalms Qur’an reading reference relationship religion religious sacred texts seen sense Spirit Tetragrammaton tradition translated Ugaritic understanding University Press usually verse word worship YHWH Sabaoth YHWH’s York θεός