Aaron M Hagler

Owning Disaster

Coping with Catastrophe in Abrahamic Narrative Traditions

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Delving into the intertwined tapestry of Jewish, Christian and Muslim sacred texts, exegesis, philosophy, theology, and historiography, this book explores the similar coping mechanisms across Abrahamic communities in reconciling the implications of disasters without abandoning their faith.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9781032454740
• ISBN-10: 1032454741
• Artikelnr.: 68710645

Autorenporträt

Aaron M. Hagler is a Research Associate at Hebrew Union College and a History Educator at Geffen Academy at UCLA. He is a former Associate Professor of History at Troy University with a PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from the University of Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Birth and a Brief History of Monotheism 2. The
Babylonians, Solomon's Temple, and the Babylonian Exile (576 BCE) 3. The
Destruction of the Second Temple (70 CE) 4. The Muslim Conquest of the
Byzantine Levant 5. Muslim Responses to the Crusades 6. Gog and Magog.
General Conclusions