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The quest for a common humanity [electronic resource] : human dignity and otherness in the religious traditions of the Mediterranean / edited by Katell Berthelot and Matthias Morgenstern.

Contributor(s): Series: Studies in the history of religions ; 134.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 372 p.)ISBN:
  • 9789004211124 (electronic bk.)
  • 9004211128 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Quest for a common humanity.DDC classification:
  • 202/.2 22
LOC classification:
  • BL687 .Q47 2011eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Perceptions of a common humanity. Models of the relationship between God and human in 'paganism' / Natale Spineto. The quest for a rabbinic perception of a common humanity / Matthias Morgenstern. 'God created Adam in his likeness' in the Muslim tradition / Lutz Richter-Bernburg. Paul's anthropology and its contribution to the formation of humanity in the perspective of Reformation theology / Hans-Peter Grosshans. Between the Noahide laws and Israelite-Edomite brotherhood : paradigms of humanity in modern Jewish orthodoxy / Matthias Morgenstern -- The other as neighbor, enemy, and infidel. The Lucan parable of the Good Samaritan and its interpretations in Christian antiquity / Claudio Gianotto. Inquiry into the patristic interpretations and usages of Psalm 138 (139):21-22 / Florence Bouet. The other in the spirituality of the Desert Fathers / Fabrizio Vecoli. Variations on religious otherness through throne, altar, and monastic school (Ostrogoth Italy, 6th century) / Teresa Sardella. 'How am I to love the one who hates me?' : love for one's enemy, persecution and human rights in Maximus the Confessor / Christian Boudignon. The theological majlis and religious otherness in medieval Islam / Yossef Soffer -- Human dignity and the value of human life : the case of Abraham's sacrifice. The binding of Isaac : a different Jewish reading / Edouard Robberechts. The value of human life according to the Muslim narrative of Abraham's sacrifice : the example of Ibn ʻArabī / Ismail Taspinar -- Ethical and legal implications of human dignity. On human dignity / David Novak. Philo's Therapeutae and Essenes : a precedent for the exceptional condemnation of slavery in Gregory of Nyssa? / Sharon Weisser. Assistance to the shipwrecked as a paradigm of humaneness in the ancient world / Katell Berthelot. 'God has ordained excellence in all things--when you put to death, do so after a decorous manner' : the implementation of mandatory penalties (al-ḥudūd) in Muslim law / Éric Chaumont. Re(dis)covering humanity : the Catholic Church and human rights / Gianmaria Zamagni.
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Perceptions of a common humanity. Models of the relationship between God and human in 'paganism' / Natale Spineto. The quest for a rabbinic perception of a common humanity / Matthias Morgenstern. 'God created Adam in his likeness' in the Muslim tradition / Lutz Richter-Bernburg. Paul's anthropology and its contribution to the formation of humanity in the perspective of Reformation theology / Hans-Peter Grosshans. Between the Noahide laws and Israelite-Edomite brotherhood : paradigms of humanity in modern Jewish orthodoxy / Matthias Morgenstern -- The other as neighbor, enemy, and infidel. The Lucan parable of the Good Samaritan and its interpretations in Christian antiquity / Claudio Gianotto. Inquiry into the patristic interpretations and usages of Psalm 138 (139):21-22 / Florence Bouet. The other in the spirituality of the Desert Fathers / Fabrizio Vecoli. Variations on religious otherness through throne, altar, and monastic school (Ostrogoth Italy, 6th century) / Teresa Sardella. 'How am I to love the one who hates me?' : love for one's enemy, persecution and human rights in Maximus the Confessor / Christian Boudignon. The theological majlis and religious otherness in medieval Islam / Yossef Soffer -- Human dignity and the value of human life : the case of Abraham's sacrifice. The binding of Isaac : a different Jewish reading / Edouard Robberechts. The value of human life according to the Muslim narrative of Abraham's sacrifice : the example of Ibn ʻArabī / Ismail Taspinar -- Ethical and legal implications of human dignity. On human dignity / David Novak. Philo's Therapeutae and Essenes : a precedent for the exceptional condemnation of slavery in Gregory of Nyssa? / Sharon Weisser. Assistance to the shipwrecked as a paradigm of humaneness in the ancient world / Katell Berthelot. 'God has ordained excellence in all things--when you put to death, do so after a decorous manner' : the implementation of mandatory penalties (al-ḥudūd) in Muslim law / Éric Chaumont. Re(dis)covering humanity : the Catholic Church and human rights / Gianmaria Zamagni.

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