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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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

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

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Call Number: BL687 .Q47 2011

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 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 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
  • 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 'Arabī /
  • Ismail Taspinar
  • 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
  • '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
  • Index of Ancient Texts
  • Index of Persons.