Ishmael on the Border

Ishmael on the BorderExplores rabbinic views of Ishmael, the biblical figure seen as the first Arab. Ishmael on the Border is an in depth study of the rabbinic treatment of Abraham's firstborn son, Ishmael. This book examines Ishmael's conflicted portrayal over a thousand year period and traces the shifts and nuances in his representation within the Jewish tradition before and after the emergence of Islam. In classical rabbinic texts, Ishmael is depicted in a variety of

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The third is the modern transformation of Buddhism: the changing roles of monks and laity

Mao's "xingish" interpretation of the Odes is both genuinely hermeneutic

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Ames's A Sourcebook in Classical Confucian Philosophy is a companion volume to his Conceptual Lexicon for Classical Confucian Philosophy

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The book will appeal to the educated reader who is interested in his or her own spiritual work and who also has an interest in the meaning of art in a spiritual context

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Senayon Olaoluwa

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