TY - BOOK AU - Renard,John TI - Crossing confessional boundaries: exemplary lives in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions T2 - The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies SN - 9780520962903 AV - BL96 .R46 2020eb U1 - 206/.1 23 PY - 2020///] CY - Oakland, California PB - University of California Press KW - Abrahamic religions KW - Mediterranean Region KW - History KW - To 1500 KW - Saints KW - Relations KW - Religions abrahamiques KW - RELIGION KW - Islam KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - abrahamic religions KW - christian hagiography KW - christianity KW - christians KW - comparative religion KW - comparative religions KW - faith based comparison KW - friends of god KW - hagiography KW - history of abrahamic faiths KW - history of interfaith dialogue KW - islam KW - islamic studies KW - jewish studies KW - jews KW - judaism KW - muslims KW - religion in late antiquity KW - religion in the mediterranean KW - religion in the middle ages KW - religious education KW - religious studies KW - sages KW - saints KW - world theology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Metaphor, method, and the three "sources" of hagiographic narrative -- Part one. Geographies shared -- Historical/anthropological perspectives -- Part two. Hagiographies compared -- literary perspectives: form, content, and function -- Part three. Dramatis personae: history, authority, and community N2 - "Arguably the single most important element in Abrahamic cross-confessional relations has been an ongoing mutual interest in perennial spiritual and ethical exemplars of one another's communities. Ranging from Late Antiquity through the Middle Ages, Crossing Confessional Boundaries explores the complex roles played by saints, sages, and Friends of God in the communal and intercommunal lives of Christians, Muslims, and Jews across the Mediterranean world, from Spain and North Africa to the Middle East to the Balkans. By examining these stories in their broad institutional, social, and cultural contexts, Crossing Confessional Boundaries reveals unique theological insights into the interlocking histories of the Abrahamic faiths"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2361787 ER -