The quest for a common humanity human dignity and otherness in the religious traditions of the Mediterranean /

The worldview that all human beings belong to one big family has, in the history of religions, never been taken for granted. Moreover, human rights are a modern notion that should not be projected back onto the sacred texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. However, from the Hellenistic period on...

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Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series: Numen Book Series 134.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

Subjects:

Theological anthropology > History of doctrines.

Dignity > Religious aspects > History of doctrines.

Interpersonal relations > Religious aspects > History of doctrines.

Abrahamic religions.

Mediterranean Region > Religion.