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Readers of Carol Bakhos’ book, The Family of Abraham: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Interpretations, may feel at times as if they are in a chamber of mirrors
The “family” in the title refers at first instance to the actual family of the biblical Abraham--Terah, Sarah, Hagar, Isaac and Ishmael—and to the parallel characters in Islamic traditions
These figures are the focus of the book. It refers to the religions sometimes known as “Abrahamic”—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Summary
Many have written on Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Isaac, and Ishmael, in the Bible and in subsequent traditions. Carol Bakhos The Family of Abraham: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Interpretations (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2014) ix + 285 pp. Readers of Carol Bakhos’ book, The Family of Abraham: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Interpretations, may feel at times as if they are in a chamber of mirrors.
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