Same God, other god : Judaism, Hinduism and the Problem of Idolatry
- New York Palgrave Macmillan 2016
- x, 265 pages :
- Interreligious studies in theory and practice .
Book presentation -- Presentation of author -- Model case presentation: the sheitel crisis -- Avoda zara: introducing the category -- Avoda zara: mental attitudes -- Understanding Avoda zara: the Maimonidean model -- Avoda zara between Jews and Gentiles: Nachmanides' model -- Shituf: applying a construct of Christianity to Hinduism -- Shituf: critical and constructive reflections -- Thinking of Hinduism in light of Meiri -- Do Jews and Hindus worship the same God? -- From Hindu God to Hindu Gods: confronting the particularity of Hindu deities -- Revisiting the worship of images: glimpses of a future dialogue -- When is a religion Avoda zara? Beyond a global approach to Hinduism.
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Idolatry. Judaism Rabbinical literature Judaism Hinduism