The literature should be acquired by the student.
Introduction
Norman Solomon, Richard Harries and Tim Winter (eds.). Abraham’s Children: Jews, Christians and Muslims in Conversation. London: T&T Clark, 2006. 338 pp.
Judaism
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Dan Cohn-Cherbok. Judaism: History, Belief and Practice. London: Routledge, 2003. Pp. 241–339, 291–403. 112 pp. |
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Nicholas de Lange and Miri Freud-Kandel (eds.). Modern Judaism: An Oxford Guide. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. 1–125, 243–253. 136 pp. |
Karin Hedner Zetterholm. Jewish Interpretation of the Bible: Ancient and Contemporary. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2012. “Continuity and Change in Contemporary Judaism,” pp. 145–188. 43 pp.
David C. Jacobson. Modern Midrash: The Retelling of Traditional Jewish Narratives by Twentieth-century Hebrew Writers. SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1987. Pp. 1–13, 113–188. 89 pp.
Christianity
Linda Woodhead. An Introduction to Christianity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. “Twentieth-century fortunes” and “Conclusion,” pp. 333-409.
Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch and Jorunn ?kland. “Editorial.” Pp. 1–2 in Journal of the Bible and its Reception no 1/2014.
Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch. “The Bible and Its Cinematic Adaptations: A Consideration of Filmic Exegesis.” Pp. 129–160 in Journal of the Bible and its Reception no 1/2014.
Hans-Josef Klauck et al (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2009-2014:
- Vol. 1: “Preface” and “Introduction” (5 pages); “Abraham,” pp. 149–204.
- Vol. 5: “Church,” pp. 268–310.
- Vol. 6: “Dialogue,” pp. 729–746.
- Vol. 8: “Ethiopian Eunuch,” pp. 150–152; “Eve,” pp. 285–316.
Michael Lieb, Emma Mason and Jonathan Roberts (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of the Reception History of the Bible. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. “Introduction” pp. 1–8; chapters 21, 24, 25, 37 and 44.
Islam
John Esposito. Makers of Contemporary Islam. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. 210 pp.
Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi. “Contemporary Islamic Intellectual History: A Theoretical Perspective.” Pp. 503–526 in Islamic Studies no 4:2005. 24 pp. Accessible at http://www.jstor.org/stable/20838990. Also available in the Muis Occasional Papers Series, Paper No. 2, 2006, pp. 1–24.
Abdullah Saeed. “Trends in Contemporary Islam: A Preliminary Attempt at a Classification”. Pp. 395–404 in Journal of the Muslim World vol 91, 2007. 10 pp. Accessible at http://www.abdullahsaeed.org/sites/abdullahsaeed.org/files/Trends_in_Contemporary_Islam.pdf.
Amina Wadud. Inside the Gender Jihad: Women’s Reform in Islam. Oxford: Oneworld, 2006. “Qur’an, Gender, and Interpretive Possibilities,” pp. 187–216. 30 pp.