Reuven Firestone

Reuven Firestone is the Regenstein Professor in Medieval Judaism and Islam at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.[1]

Reuven Firestone
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma materAntioch College
Hebrew Union College
New York University

Firestone earned his B.A. at Antioch College, M.A. and Rabbinic Ordination from Hebrew Union College (New York) and was awarded the PhD in Arabic and Islamic studies by New York University in 1988.

His scholarship focuses on the Bible and its exegesis; Qur’an and its exegesis; Religious Phenomenology; Comparative Religion; and Religious Dialogue.

Books
  • Journeys in Holy Lands: The Evolution of the Abraham Ishmael Legends in Islamic Exegesis, Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1990.[2][3][4]
  • Jihad. The Origin of Holy War in Islam, New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.[5][6]
  • Children of Abraham: An Introduction to Judaism for Muslims, NY: Ktav, (2001). Translated into Turkish, 2004: *Yahudiliği Anlamak İbrahim'in / Avraam'ın Çocukları, (Islanbul: GÖZLEM GAZETECİLİK BASIN VE YAYIN AŞ). C.Translated into Arabic 2005: ذرية إبراهيم: مقدمة عن اليهودية للمسلمين, Dhuriyat Ibrahim: muqaddima `an al-yahudiyya lil-muslimin.
  • Trialogue: Jews, Christians, Muslims in Dialogue: A Practical Handbook, with Leonard Swidler and Khalid Duran. New London, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 2007.
  • Who are the Real Chosen People? The Meaning of Chosenness in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Woodstock, VT: Skylight Paths, 2008.
  • An Introduction to Islam for Jews, Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2008.[7][8]
  • Learned Ignorance: An Investigation into Humility in Interreligious Dialogue between Christians, Muslims and Jews, with James L. Heft and Omid Safi. Oxford University Press, 2011.b ISBN 0199769311.
  • Holy War in Judaism: The Fall and Rise of a Controversial Idea, Oxford University Press, 2012.[9]

References
  1. "Reuven Firestone". Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  2. Monnot, Guy. Revue De L'histoire Des Religions, 209 (1) (1992), pp. 77–78. JSTOR 23671213.
  3. Hoffman-Ladd, Valerie J. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, no. 289, 1993, pp. 95–96. JSTOR 1357368.
  4. Moreen, Vera B. Journal of the American Oriental Society, 111 (4) (1991), pp. 799–800. JSTOR 603418.
  5. Bennett, Clinton. Journal of Church and State, 42 (2) (2000), pp. 378–379. JSTOR 23921311.
  6. Sachedina, Abdulaziz. The Journal of Religion, 81 (3) (2001), pp. 506–507. JSTOR 1206443.
  7. Ward, Seth. Shofar, 22 (3) (2004), pp. 131–135. JSTOR 42943683.
  8. Gordon, Sheila C. “Religions 101.” CrossCurrents, 51 (4) (2002), pp. 550–554. JSTOR 24461284.
  9. Johnson, James Turner. Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 81 (2) (2013), pp. 560–563. JSTOR 24486030.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.