Religious Movements and Transformations in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

edited by Yohanan Friedmann

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Extent: 180 pages

Publisher: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Subjects: Religious Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(February 2016)

ISBN: 9789652082206

6.65 x 9.41 inches

Price: $25.00

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This volume is based on the papers delivered at a conference on ‘Religious Movements and Transformations in Judaism, Christianity and Islam’, held in Jerusalem on January 7-9, 2010 on the occasion of celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.


This volume is based on the papers delivered at a conference on ‘Religious Movements and Transformations in Judaism, Christianity and Islam’, held in Jerusalem on January 7-9, 2010 on the occasion of celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

Michael Fishbane, From Midrash to Epic: The Reshaping of Rabbinic Discourse in Jewish Synagogue Poetry (Piyut) Michael Heyd, From Total Depravity to Limited Autonomy: Reflections on the Transformative Potential of Protestantism Moshe Idel, The Hasidic Revival: An Interpretation of the Emergence of a Spiritual Movement Yosef Kaplan, Confessionalization and Religious Authority in the Early Modern Western Sephardic Diaspora Yohanan Friedmann, Conversion, Apostasy and Excommunication in the Islamic Tradition

  • Edited by Yohanan Friedmann