Saints and role models in Judaism and Christianity /

This volume deals with the role of saints and exemplary individuals in Judaism and Christianity. Although sharing the Hebrew Bible and recognizing the same Biblical figures there, both religions have developed widely divergent perspectives upon the significance of these figures, although there are o...

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Other Authors: Schwartz, Joshua., Poorthuis, Marcel, 1955-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2004.

Series: Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series; 7.
Jewish and Christian Perspectives Online, ISBN: 9789004427556.

Subjects:

Zaddikim > Congresses.

Christian saints > Congresses.

Holiness > Judaism > Congresses.

Holiness > Christianity > Congresses.