The quest for a common humanity : human dignity and otherness in the religious traditions of the Mediterranean / / edited by Katell Berthelot and Matthias Morgenstern.

The worldview that all human beings belong to one big family has, in the history of religions, never been taken for granted. Moreover, human rights are a modern notion that should not be projected back onto the sacred texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. However, from the Hellenistic period on...

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Superior document:Numen book series, v. 134
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Year of Publication:2011
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Studies in the history of religions ; 134.
Physical Description:1 online resource (388 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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