1st Edition
Owning Disaster Coping with Catastrophe in Abrahamic Narrative Traditions
By Aaron M. Hagler
Copyright 2024
242 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
242 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
242 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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.
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Foreword
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
Bibliography
Biography
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.
